“I am proud to go to prison today (…) if that’s what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden.” Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon has reported to federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, to begin serving his sentence for obstructing the parliamentary investigation into the Capitol assault, an Agence France-Presse photographer noted on Monday, 1is July. He described himself as “a political prisoner”.
Steve Bannon, a 70-year-old populist ideologue and influential figure in the ultra-conservative movement, must now serve four months behind bars after the suspension of his sentence, a result of one of his appeals, was rejected by a judge .
Gray pants and black shirt, he was greeted near the prison building by a small crowd of supporters carrying “Trump 2024” flags and by one of the fiercest Trumpist elected officials in Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who gave him the hug in front of the cameras.
Although he no longer officially works for the Republican candidate, Steve Bannon again assured him of his support on Monday and promised that he would use all his influence to promote his re-election, notably via his podcast “War Room”, which will continue without him.
Refusal to cooperate in the investigation into the assault on the Capitol
Before arriving at Danbury Prison, he spoke on his show to congratulate himself on the results of the first round of early legislative elections in France, marked by the clear victory of the extreme right, and on the other good results of this movement in other countries during the European elections: “Our movement is living its moment”he rejoiced.
Steve Bannon was sentenced in October 2022 to four months in prison for obstructing the investigative powers of Congress due to his refusal to cooperate with the parliamentary investigation into the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a sentence confirmed on appeal on May 10, 2024.
On the eve of January 6, Steve Bannon predicted that “all hell” would surge. And the day that hundreds of Donald Trump supporters stormed the seat of the US Congress, in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 election, Steve Bannon spoke on the phone with the outgoing president. The parliamentarians therefore wanted to question him about his role.
His entry into prison comes the day the conservative-majority US Supreme Court further postponed Donald Trump’s federal trial over his alleged attempts to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Another former Trump White House adviser, Peter Navarro, is already serving a four-month sentence for refusing to respond to a congressional subpoena in the investigation into the Capitol assault.
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