UPDATE: Steve Bannon, the podcast host, former Donald Trump adviser and former Hollywood producer, began a four-month prison sentence today.
Bannon arrived at a federal correctional facility in Danbury, CT, to serve his sentence, after his legal team exhausted appeals. Bannon was found guilty in 2022 to two counts of contempt of Congress, as he refused to comply with a subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Joined by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Bannon said, “I am proud to go to prison,” arguing that he was standing “up to tyranny.”
Bannon had claimed that he was relying on the advice of counsel in resisting the January 6th Committee subpoena. He also has claimed that there are unresolved issues of executive privilege, although the subpoena covers a period well after Bannon left the White House. He had served as Trump’s chief strategist, but left that position in August, 2017, about eight months into the term.
PREVIOUSLY: Steve Bannon, the podcast host and former top adviser to Donald Trump, must report to prison on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his effort to sideline a four-month prison sentence.
“The application for release pending appeal presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied,” the Supreme Court order read.
Bannon was sentenced in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress, as he refused to comply with a subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Bannon had pursued an appeal, but that was rejected and, earlier this month, a district judge ordered him to prison.
Bannon had claimed that he was relying on the advice of counsel in resisting the January 6th Committee subpoena. He also has claimed that there are unresolved issues of executive privilege, although the subpoena covers a period well after Bannon left the White House. He had served as Trump’s chief strategist, but left that position in August, 2017, about eight months into the term.