- The Supreme Court issued a one-line ruling rejecting Bannon’s appeal on Friday.
- It means Donald Trump’s former chief strategist must report to prison on Monday
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Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon vowed that his MAGA media empire would keep streaming even as he prepared to report to prison to serve a four-month sentence on Monday.
He sent a message to DailyMail.com on Friday, shortly after the Supreme Court rejected his attempt to delay his sentencing for defying a subpoena in the January 6 congressional investigation.
‘I am a political prisoner. And I won’t be the last until we get rid of the Biden regime’s lawfare,” he stated.
‘The rancid nature of this regime was exposed last night in all its glory to the world.
“No matter how hard they try, they won’t be able to take down WarRoom. We will be victorious in November.”
Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is due to report to prison in Connecticut on Monday
Bannon filed an emergency appeal last week after being ordered to report to prison on July 1.
He was convicted two years ago on two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to testify before the House Committee on January 6 and a second for refusing to turn over documents related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. .
He argued that he was protected by executive privilege and was allowed to remain free while he appealed.
But he ran out of options on Friday when the Supreme Court rejected his final appeal to remain free while he weighed his legal options.
“The application for release pending appeal submitted to the Chief Justice and referred by him to the court is denied,” a one-line order stated.
Bannon is the second senior Trump White House official to face prison for rejecting a congressional subpoena.
Business consultant Peter Navarro is serving time in Florida.
Both argued they were taking on Congress to uphold the Constitution’s separation of powers, but their arguments were rejected by the justices who said there was no evidence Trump had formally asserted executive privilege.
The Supreme Court issued its one-line order rejecting his appeal on Friday afternoon.
Bannon is the second close Trump adviser to be ordered to prison for defying a congressional subpoena from the investigating committee on January 6.
Bannon was found guilty of failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Committee on January 6 for documents and statements.
Bannon also said he had not “intentionally” violated the contempt law because he was following his lawyer’s advice.
‘Mister. Bannon relied in good faith on his attorney’s advice not to respond to a subpoena issued by a House Select Committee until issues of executive privilege were resolved, as they had done on three previous occasions when Mr. “Bannon had agreed to testify after President Trump’s lawyer had asserted executive privilege,” his lawyers wrote.
Bannon remains a leading voice among Trump advisers and maintains his reach in the conservative movement through his daily WarRoom podcast.
He must serve his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut.
He is still expected to appeal his conviction and House Republicans have signaled they will support him in arguing that the Jan. 6 attack was improperly staged.
