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Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon reports to prison for a four-month sentence
Steve Bannonthe former White House chief strategist Donald Trumpreported to federal prison to begin his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress after defying a Jan. 6 House Committee subpoena regarding investigations, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Bannon, 70, said he was “proud to walk outside the low-security prison to prison on Monday, July 1.
Bannon was sentenced in July 2022. He was sentenced to four months behind bars and fined $6,500. He will serve his sentence in Danbury, Connecticut.
Despite his checkered past, the former White House chief strategist turned podcaster has remained popular among Trump supporters, as well as several Republican lawmakers, who joined him for a roadside news conference before reporting to jail Monday .
“I’m proud to be going to prison today,” Bannon told reporters. “If this is what it takes to stand up against tyranny; if this is what it takes to stand up against tyranny [Attorney General Merrick] Garland corrupt criminal DOJ; if this is what it takes to stand up against [former House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi; if this is what it takes to stand up against Joe Biden – I’m proud to do it.”
“It’s Nancy Pelosi and Merrick Garland who made me a martyr, right? But martyrs die and I’m far from dead,” Bannon added. “MAGA is on the rise.”
After Bannon’s comments, a Catholic priest from a Ridgefield retreat house said he would pray for the podcaster.
“Father, don’t pray for me. Pray for our enemies,” Bannon responded. “They are the ones who need prayer.”
Before turning himself in, Bannon noted, “Either we win, or you get the death of a constitutional republic. Everyone here, you need to step into the breach.”
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene chimed in: “It’s a political war, and it’s a political persecution, and it shouldn’t be happening,” as the crowd chanted, “Trump has won.”
Before reporting for his federal prison sentence, Bannon told ABC News he was “a political prisoner.”
The podcast remained defiant when he stated that incarceration “won’t change me. It won’t suppress my voice. My voice won’t be suppressed while I’m there.”
Bannon attempted to appeal the verdict, but on May 10, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his conviction.
On Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected an emergency request to delay Bannon’s sentence while the podcaster continued to appeal his conviction.
Bannon’s attorney argued that he will have served his sentence before the court decides on the appeal.
