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Steve Bannon Released From Prison One Week Before Election

by | Oct 29, 2024 | Top Ten

Steve Bannon Attends Court Hearing For Contempt Of Congress Convictions

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By Julianna Frieman

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday morning after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 Select Committee.

Bannon was was taken into custody July 1 following an order from Judge Carl J. Nichols granting prosecutors’ motion requiring the “War Room” host to serve the four-month sentence he received in Oct. 2022.

Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Randilee Giamusso confirmed Bannon’s release, according to NBC News. Bannon started his sentence shortly before Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden on the Democrat ticket.

“Steve Bannon is a free man,” Natalie Winters, the guest host of Bannon’s show during his imprisonment, wrote on Twitter.


The 70-year-old Trump ally served his time at FCI Danbury in Connecticut. His inmate number was 05635-509, the outlet reported.


Bannon filed a last-ditch motion to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in late June in an attempt to avoid prison time.

Bannon told political commentator Tucker Carlson he does not fear going to prison before his sentence began.

“From the Justice Department to the FBI, the Wall Street crowd, you can see this everywhere in our society, the attacks on the family,” Bannon said at the time. “And they play for keeps. And I’m so glad that the Alex Joneses and the Tucker Carlsons, and particularly since you had the opportunity to leave Fox, uh, ourselves, and so many others now understand that this is a war to the knife, right?”

“We have to win this,” he continued. “If we don’t win this, this country’s going to devolve into some kind of neo-Marxist totalitarian regime of which is pretty far down the road right now. That’s why I don’t fear going to prison, right? I know it’s gonna take my voice off. The war is still going to go on and I keep saying it’s it’s next man up.”


Bannon was eligible for home confinement Oct. 19, but his sentence was too short to secure approval, Acting Warden Darek Puzio told the conservative firebrand’s attorneys in a letter.

Bannon’s daughter, Maureen, met him when he was released early Tuesday, CNN reported. He is expected to host a radio program later Tuesday.


Harris is set to deliver her closing arguments to “turn the page” on Trump during a campaign event at the Washington, D.C.’s, Ellipse — the location of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 rally, according to ABC News.

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