Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has officially replied to federal prosecutors a day after they criticized his request for early release, calling his argument clumsy and inept. Bannon, who began serving his prison sentence in July after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to remain free during the appeals process, is currently housed at FCI Danbury, a low-security federal prison located about 60 miles north of New York City.
Speaking to supporters before reporting to the clink, Bannon said “I am proud to go to prison. If this is what it takes the stand up to tyranny, if this way it takes the stand up to the Garland corrupt 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.”
In his Friday reply, Bannon asked District Judge Carl Nichols to reimpose bail pending appeal. However, if that doesn't work, he has an alternative proposal made possible by his former boss.
As Law & Crime reports:
But in the event that Nichols doesn't want to go that far, Bannon alternatively proposed a “brief period of supervised release, in conjunction with a brief sentence reduction if necessary,” so he “could take advantage of First Step Act earned-time credits available to nearly every other inmate serving time for non-violent offenses.”
“Having to wait thirty days for the BOP to refuse to seek such relief, as the government insists here, would force Mr. Bannon to wait for nearly the entirety of the remainder of his sentence—time that he could otherwise serve on supervised release under the First Step Act,” the reply said. “Having to wait to exhaust BOP remedies would thus effectively preclude Mr. Bannon from being able to obtain any meaningful relief from this Court.”
Bannon was sentenced in October 2022 to four months in prison for contempt of Congress. He was found guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., of defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Bureau of Prison records show that Bannon, 70, is slated to be released from FCI Danbury on Oct. 29.
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