{"id":2270732,"date":"2024-06-18T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-bannon-misses-out-on-cushy-club-fed-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:57:38","slug":"steve-bannon-misses-out-on-cushy-club-fed-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-bannon-misses-out-on-cushy-club-fed-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon won&#8217;t be going to &#8216;Club Fed&#8217; prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsteve-bannon-misses-out-on-cushy-club-fed-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Steve \u200cBannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, is set to begin a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-finds-peter-navarro-guilty-of-contempt-for-refusing-to-comply-with-jan-6-committee\/\" title=\"Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt for defying Jan. 6 committee.\">-month prison \u200dsentence<\/a>\u2062 on July 1 for contempt \u200cof Congress, following his refusal \u2064to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection on January\u200c 6, 2021. Unlike the minimum-security \u200cfacility\u2062 he preferred, Bannon will be \u200cincarcerated in a low-security\u200d prison in \u200cDanbury, Connecticut, due to\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-criticizes-doj-for-speaking-to-media-amid-ongoing-investigation-into-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Criticizes DOJ For Speaking To Media Amid Ongoing Investigation Into Capitol Riot\">pending criminal case<\/a> in New\u200c York. This sentence represents a departure from the typical handling \u200cof first-time, non-violent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malliotakis-adams-engaged-in-mixed-messaging-on-crime-by-praising-manhattan-d-a-well-see-if-it-was-all-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Malliotakis: Adams Engaged in 'Mixed Messaging' on Crime by Praising Manhattan D.A., We'll See if 'It Was all Rhetoric'\">white-collar crimes<\/a>, which often do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-squabble-over-poison-pills-in-anti-crime-laws\/\" title=\"California Democrats clash over controversial elements in anti-crime legislation\">require jail time<\/a>. Critics of the January\u200b 6 committee have accused it \u2064of manipulating evidence and misconduct, while Bannon has defended his \u200cnon-compliance\u200b by citing \u200bTrump\u2019s claim of executive privilege and following \u2063his lawyers&#8217; \u200badvice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Trump adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-bannon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Steve Bannon<\/a> will be spending his sentence for contempt of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> in a low-security prison instead of the comfortable, minimum-security facility he favored. <\/p>\n<p>Former President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump?source=%2Fweekly-standard%2Fdonald-trump-and-the-48-laws-of-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> chief strategist is set to begin a four-month prison sentence on July 1. A pending criminal case against Bannon in New York is blocking the former adviser\u2019s ability to serve time in a cushy \u201cClub Fed\u201d prison, the most comfortable type of facility available for prisoners.\u00a0Instead, Bannon will be imprisoned in Danbury, Connecticut, where he will likely be housed with other incarcerated people.<\/p>\n<p>Offenders such as Bannon convicted of first-time, non-violent, white-collar crimes are typically not required to serve jail time. According to some legal experts, Bannon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3046647\/bannon-warns-trump-will-be-sentenced-to-multiple-years-in-prison-despite-experts-saying-otherwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sentencing<\/a> was a break from historical precedent. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Bannon was brought to trial on a pair of federal charges for criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, a jury convicted Bannon on contempt of Congress charges after he refused to comply with the now-defunct House Select Committee for the Jan. 6 riots subpoena to sit for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon has argued he did not break the law because he was covered by Trump\u2019s assertion of executive privilege and was listening to his lawyers when he declined to provide testimony or documents to the committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 committee has come under fire as some critics question its handling of what happened during the Capitol protest. House Republicans, including Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2448070\/gop-house-member-demands-white-house-turn-over-unredacted-jan-6-panel-transcripts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barry Loudermilk<\/a> (R-GA), have slammed the committee for cherry-picking evidence to suit its version of what happened on Jan. 6 and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2811339\/loudermilk-jan-6-committee-blocking-access-to-its-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> illegally deleting <\/a>information collected during its investigation. Earlier this month, Congress released video footage that recorded then-House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy\">taking full responsibility<\/a> for the breakdown in security at the Capitol. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Pelosi discussed her reasons for rejecting two Republicans chosen by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to be on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have responsibility, Terri,\u201d Pelosi told Terri McCullough, her chief of staff, as events unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. \u201dWe did not have any accountability for what was going on there, and we should have. This is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video recording, Pelosi goes on to take the blame for not having a sufficient National Guard presence to protect the Capitol. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [the National Guard] clearly didn\u2019t know, and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more,\u201d Pelosi says. <\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 committee claimed Trump was responsible for the events that unfolded at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump \u201cmade a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, threatening our constitutional order,\u201d committee member Liz Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-jan-6-committee-says-donald-trump-is-to-blame-for-the-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during a hearing in July 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly before its dissolution at the conclusion of the 117th Congress in January 2023, the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2174084\/jan-6-final-report-key-takeaways-from-committees-much-anticipated-findings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released<\/a> a report blaming Trump for the Capitol protest. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is set to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress in a low-security prison, not the minimum-security facility he preferred. Bannon, Trump&#8217;s ex-chief strategist, starts his term on July 1. His sentencing is complicated by an ongoing criminal case in New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2270733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22201440496952.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22201440496952.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}