{"id":2285970,"date":"2024-06-29T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bannon-defiant-before-beginning-prison-sentence-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T23:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T03:59:15","slug":"bannon-defiant-before-beginning-prison-sentence-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bannon-defiant-before-beginning-prison-sentence-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bannon defiant before beginning prison sentence &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbannon-defiant-before-beginning-prison-sentence-washington-examiner%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=2285970&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-ever-given-ship-that-blocked-the-suez-canal-on-fire\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The Ever Given Ship That Blocked The Suez Canal On Fire?\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">text<\/a> appears<\/a> \u200dto \u2064be about Steve Bannon, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">adviser<\/a> to Donald Trump,\u2064 asserting that\u200d he did not have to comply \u200dwith subpoanenas. The summary is set \u2062in the context \u2064of Bannon&#8217;s statements made \u2062two days before he was due to \u200breport to prison. The text also includes an interactive button to reveal more information and is formatted with a horizontal line and additional linked text for \u2063further reading.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Two days before reporting to prison, former Trump adviser <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-bannon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Steve Bannon<\/a> stood firm in his assertions that he did not have to comply with subpoenas from the House committee that investigated the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022, and after numerous appeals, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3060771\/supreme-court-rejects-bannon-bid-to-avoid-prison-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ruled<\/a> Friday that his four-month sentence should stand.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/steve-bannon-one-on-one-ahead-of-prison-sentence-213955141529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> with NBC News, Bannon was asked why he defied the subpoenas the House select committee, which sought testimony and documents, issued to him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because, first off, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-against-calling-witnesses-says-impeachment-trial-would-last-months\/\" title=\"Graham Against Calling Witnesses, Says Impeachment Trial Would Last Months\">lawyer told<\/a> me when I got the letter of exerting the executive privilege from the president, the J6 committee was not legitimately structured, so therefore, the subpoenas don<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t mean anything,&rdquo; Bannon said.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon spoke twice to then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 &mdash; conversations that the committee wanted information about. The <em>War Room<\/em> podcast host called them &ldquo;personal and private&rdquo; and said Trump had &ldquo;exerted executive privilege&rdquo; on them.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Trump White House chief strategist told the outlet that his endgame was &ldquo;victory or death of this republic,&rdquo; a battle cry he gave at this month&rsquo;s Turning Point USA conference in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We only get stronger with this, we&rsquo;re not going to get weaker,&rdquo; Bannon said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a populist movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bannon is to report to a prison in Danbury, Connecticut, on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days before his prison term, ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon reiterated his refusal to comply with subpoenas from the committee probing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. 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