The former Trump adviser, convicted of obstructing the investigation into the Capitol assault, reported to Danbury prison on Monday to serve his sentence.
Steve Bannon took the opportunity to reaffirm his support for the former US president and welcomed the rise of the far right in Europe.
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He is setting himself up as a martyr. The former adviser to Donald Trump went to a federal prison in the northeastern United States on Monday to begin serving his sentence. “I’m proud to go to prison today (…) if that’s what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden,” Steve Bannon launched. He was convicted after the attack on the seat of Congress. The justice system accuses him of obstructing the parliamentary investigation after the insurrection of pro-Trump activists.
Steve Bannon, 70, who describes himself as “political prisoner”, must now serve four months behind bars, after a judge lifted the suspension of his sentence, a consequence of one of his appeals. Wearing gray pants and a black shirt, the populist ideologue was greeted outside the prison by a small crowd of supporters with “Trump 2024” flags as well as by one of the most fierce Trump supporters in Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who hugged him in front of the cameras.
“Our movement is living its moment”
This influential figure in the ultra-conservative movement no longer officially works for the former President of the United States. But that didn’t stop him from ensuring his support: Steve Bannon promised that he would use all his influence to promote Donald Trump’s re-election, particularly via his podcast War Room, who will continue without him.“The most important thing is that President Trump is going to be sentenced to prison on July 11th.” next, he said, while New York Judge Juan Merchan may also impose an alternative sentence to incarceration in the case of hidden payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Case for which he was convicted.
But before making his grand entrance into the Danbury penitentiary, he congratulated himself on his show on the victory of the extreme right in the first round of the legislative elections in France, and on the other good results of this movement in other countries during the European elections. “Our movement is living its moment”, he rejoiced.
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