Jan 6 Capitol attack: Trump-ally Bannon surrenders for four-month jailtime
Donald Trump (L) with Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon, the 70-year-old former chief strategist at the White House during Trump presidency, surrendered to prison on Monday (July 1) to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a Congressional summon.
Bannon entered the federal correctional institution in Danbury, Connecticut, around 12:00 PM (local time), NBC News reported.
In July 2022, a federal jury in Washington D.C. found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress after he refused to provide testimony and records to the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021riots at the US Capitol.
His sentence was stayed pending an appeal. But after a federal appeals court panel upheld Bannon's conviction, he was ordered to report in prison by July 1.
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The appeals court had rejected his defence that he did not comply with the congressional subpoena based on the chance his testimony might be covered by executive privilege.
His last-ditch effort to avoid jail time while he appealed his conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Friday (June 28).
Ahead of going to prison, he told reporters he was "proud to go to prison" and had "no regrets".
Bannon served as chief strategist in the Trump White House until August 2017. He is the second former Trump official to be jailed for defying a summon from the Jan. 6 committee.
Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2022 for refusing to comply with the committee’s subpoena. He is currently completing a four-month sentence in a federal prison in Miami.
Bannon told NBC News that he is set to be released from jail on Oct. 31 — five days ahead of US presidential elections.
(With inputs from agencies)