Steve Bannon, a close ally of Donald Trump, will turn himself in at a Connecticut prison today after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal to avoid prison time.
The 70-year-old was ordered by the Supreme Court on Friday to report to FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison in Connecticut, on July 1. He is expected to serve a four-month sentence following his convictions for refusing subpoenas related to the House investigation into the Jan. 6 riot.
In July 2022, Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress and later sentenced to four months in prison in October 2022.
Federal prosecutors say Bannon believed he was “above the law” when he refused to testify before the Jan. 6 House committee and refused to turn over documents related to his efforts to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. undermine.
The Supreme Court’s order came in response to Bannon’s request to the land’s highest court earlier this month to stay his prison sentence in an emergency application.
Bannon has accused the convictions against him of being politically motivated. His lawyer, David Schoen, says the case raises “serious constitutional issues” that should be considered by the Supreme Court.
In an interview on Sunday, the former Trump adviser told ABC host Jonathan Karl that he considers himself a “political prisoner.”
“It won’t change me. It won’t suppress my voice. My voice won’t be suppressed when I’m there,” he said, adding that he has no regrets about ignoring the subpoenas.
“If I had to go to jail to finally get the House moving, to delegitimize the illegitimate J6 committee, then it’s worth going to jail,” he said.
