Steve Bannon to be released from prison days ahead of election
SUMMARY
Steve Bannon, former advisor to Donald Trump, is set for release from prison on October 29, 2024, a week before Election Day, after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Initially sentenced in October 2022, his jail term was delayed due to appeals but began after a federal court upheld the decision in May 2024. Bannon, who has been at a federal prison in Connecticut, plans a press conference immediately after his release. Throughout his imprisonment, he continued to support Trump's campaign and maintained his "War Room" podcast, even teaching history and government in prison. Despite the conviction, Bannon expressed no regrets, viewing his imprisonment as a stand against what he called an "illegitimate" January 6 Committee.
