Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress

Steve Bannon released from prison after serving four-month sentence for defying subpoena in Capitol attack investigation, returns to politics.

Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday (October 29, 2024), after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.

“Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, according to Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons. He planned to hold a news conference later in the day in Manhattan,” his representatives said.

Bannon also returned to his podcast and online show Tuesday (October 29, 2024) morning, saying he was focused on helping Donald Trump win the Presidential election. He bashed Democrats and their agenda, asserting that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent him to prison to silence his voice — despite a jury having convicted him and a judge having sentenced him.

“The four months in federal prison not only didn’t break me, it empowered me,” Bannon said. "I am more energized and more focused than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”

Bannon, 70, reported to the prison July 1 after the Supreme Court rejected his bid to delay the prison sentence while he appeals his conviction.

A jury found Bannon guilty in 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to sit for a deposition with the Jan. 6 House Committee and a second for refusing to provide documents related to his involvement in Trump's efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race.

When he began serving his sentence in July, Bannon called himself a “political prisoner."