Last month, longtime Trump adviser Stephen Bannon claimed in an emergency court filing that he should not have to report to prison while appealing his contempt of Congress conviction, in part because it would deprive his podcast listeners of crucial political insights in the months leading up to the election. Unfortunately for Bannon, that argument did not sway the appeals court, and following a last-ditch petition to the Supreme Court that was rejected on Friday, he begins a four-month prison sentence today.
But not before one final edition of his podcast, the War Room; speaking to The New York Times over the weekend, Bannon said he would host two hours of the show outside the Danbury, Connecticut, prison where he will be incarcerated for the next 16 weeks. “We’ll be as close to the prison as we can possibly get,” Bannon told the outlet, saying that after he hangs up his headphones, “I’ll walk across the street and surrender.” Meanwhile, the show will continue in his absence. Per the Times:
Bannon told the Times that former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro will also appear on the show, after his prison sentence ends July 17. Navarro also chose to ignore a congressional subpoena from the January 6 committee, and was convicted last year.
Speaking of convicted criminals, Bannon said he will remain focused on getting Donald Trump reelected during his time on the inside, and that if the ex-president doesn’t win in November, it will mark “the death of the constitutional American republic we know.”
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