Steve Bannon, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, reported to prison to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas. MSNBC’s Katie Phang is joined by Bloomberg’s Joshua Green. (Check out The Beat's playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Connect with Ari Melber: https://www.instagram.
Having served a four-month stint behind bars on a conviction for contempt of Congress, Steve Bannon was released from prison on Tuesday, exactly one week before Election Day. Bannon exited the federal correctional facility on Tuesday morning in Danbury, Connecticut, where he has been locked up for the past 120 days, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told NBC News.
He also parroted Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud, right up until he began serving his sentence. Just days before reporting to prison, he told NBC News there was “no chance” Democrats could win the election unless “they’re stealing it.” “If we don’t win the — first of all, they shred the Constitution. It is the death of the constitutional American republic we know,” he said.
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