Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon reported to prison on Monday and is now officially in custody, according to Press Association.
Bannon will serve a four-month prison sentence for his contempt of Congress conviction for ignoring a Jan. 6 subpoena from a House impeachment inquiry. Supreme Court rejected on Friday to postpone the execution of the sentence until an appeal is filed.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed Monday that he is currently in custody, According to to AP. He began serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute Danbury just before noon, ABC News reported.
“I am a political prisoner of Nancy Pelosi. I am a political prisoner of Merrick Garland. I am a political prisoner of Joe Biden, of the corrupt Biden establishment,” Bannon said outside the prison. “Nancy Pelosi and Merrick Garland made me a martyr, right? But martyrs die, and I am far from dead, honey.”
BANNON: “You can’t lock these people up. If there’s one thing Americans have learned, it’s that when voices are heard, change happens. That’s what WarRoom is all about.” photo: twitter.com/3hMdrqP8E1
— Grace Chong 🇺🇸 (@gc22gc) July 1, 2024
“I’m proud to be going to prison,” Bannon said before entering the jail, according to ABC News. “If that’s what it takes to stand up to tyranny, if that’s what it takes to stand up to Garland’s corrupt criminal Justice Department, if that’s what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi, if that’s what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden, Joe Biden, then I’m proud to do it.”
In May, a federal appeals court sustained Bannon’s conviction. Bannon’s attorneys have indicated they intend to seek a retrial by the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals or review by the Supreme Court
“It is also undeniable that the government intends to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four months immediately preceding the November presidential election,” they said. he said Supreme Court in its emergency motion. “There is no reason for this to happen in a case that raises significant legal issues.”
His lawyers noted that the last time anyone was convicted of contempt of Congress was “fifty years ago.” insistence The court should also “have regard to the government’s own conduct in the matter of congressional subpoenas.”
“Congress recently issued subpoenas to the Justice Department in the Hunter Biden case, but the Justice Department ordered Tax Division attorneys to refuse to execute the order,” they noted.
In May, the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight Committee voted in favor to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in Congressional Disgrace for Refusing to Turn Over Audio Recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s Interview with President Joe Biden. Justice Department rejected pursue Garland.
Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro is also serving a sentence of 4 months due to charges of contempt of court of Congress for refusing to comply with the committee’s January 6 subpoena.
