Steve Bannon, to be released from prison on Tuesday after 4-month sentence
WASHINGTON – Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under the Trump administration, will be released from a Connecticut prison on Tuesday – a week from Election Day – after serving a 4-month prison sentence.
Bannon reported to prison in July for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 . He was also fined $6,500.
A jury found the top Trump ally guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. One count came after Bannon refused to sit for a deposition with the committee, and another was for refusing to provide documents.
He was one of two former Trump aides, along with Peter Navarro , who were convicted of defying the committee. Navarro served his $-month sentence in a federal prison in Miami and was released in July.
