Trump advisor Steve Bannon reports to prison to serve sentence

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1 July 2024 at 2:50 am·1-min read

Steve Bannon, one of former US president Donald Trump's chief strategists, reported to a federal prison on Monday to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena investigating the January 6 US Capitol Siege. Bannon argues that the legal proceedings stemming from the January 6 United States Capitol attack amount to political persecution.

Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

He was convicted of defying a subpoena to testify before the congressional panel that investigated the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

Bannon, 70, spoke defiantly as he showed up at a federal prison in Connecticut.

"I'm proud of going to prison today," Bannon said, "if it's what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden."

Bannon and others argue that legal proceedings stemming from the January 6 insurrection against the seat of US democracy amount to political persecution designed to thwart Trump's bid for re-election in November.

(AFP)

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