Former Trump aide Steve Bannon will be released from prison 1 week before Election Day

Steve Bannon, a former White House aide and longtime friend of President Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Bannon has left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Kristie Breshears told the Associated Press. He is expected to hold a news conference later in the day in Manhattan, according to his representatives. He will resume his “War Room” podcast on Tuesday.

Bannon, 70, was jailed in July after the Supreme Court rejected his bid to overturn the prison sentence on appeal.

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A jury found Bannon guilty in 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress: refusing to sit on a House committee on Jan. 6 and a second for refusing to provide documents related to his involvement in Trump’s reported efforts to cover up his losses. to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race.

Bannon told reporters in July that he was “proud” to begin his prison sentence and described himself as a “political prisoner.”

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Steve Bannon speaks outside the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Danbury, Conn. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., left, listens. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

“I’m going to jail. I’m proud to go to jail. I’m proud to go to jail today,” Bannon said at a press conference held with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., out of prison. “I’m proud to go to jail. If this is what it takes to stand up to violence. If this is what it takes to stand up to the corruption of Garland, the criminal DOJ. If this is what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi, if this is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden, I’m proud to do it.”

Bannon’s release comes one week before Election Day, when Trump, a Republican, will seek to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and return to the White House.

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at the Manhattan district attorney’s office to surrender to New York authorities, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

An appeals court panel upheld Bannon’s conviction in May. Bannon is now asking the full appeals court to hear his case. His legal team argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump was asserting executive privilege. Prosecutors, however, said Bannon had left the White House years earlier and Trump had never requested executive privilege before the committee.

Bannon also faces criminal charges in New York state court, where prosecutors say he defrauded donors who provided money to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Banon has pleaded not guilty to money laundering, conspiracy, fraud and other charges. He will go on trial in December.

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Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.