{"id":2361198,"date":"2024-10-29T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-bannon-released-from-prison-a-week-before-election-immediately-gets-back-to-work-more-focused-than-i-have-ever-been\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:22:45","slug":"steve-bannon-released-from-prison-a-week-before-election-immediately-gets-back-to-work-more-focused-than-i-have-ever-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-bannon-released-from-prison-a-week-before-election-immediately-gets-back-to-work-more-focused-than-i-have-ever-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon Released from Prison a Week Before Election, Immediately Gets Back to Work: \u2018More Focused Than I Have Ever Been\u2019"},"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\">42<\/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-released-from-prison-a-week-before-election-immediately-gets-back-to-work-more-focused-than-i-have-ever-been%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=2361198&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 Bannon, \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wtf-is-wrong-with-you-top-fundraiser-for-trump-campaign-calls-out-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-another-nazi-comparison\/\" title=\"\u2018WTF Is Wrong With You?\u2019: Top Fundraiser For Trump Campaign Calls Out Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Another Nazi Comparison\">prominent conservative commentator<\/a> and\u2062 former chief strategist for Donald \u2063Trump, resumed his activities shortly after his release\u2064 from federal prison where \u200che served four months for contempt of Congress. \u200dThis conviction stemmed from \u200dhis refusal\u2064 to comply with a subpoena from the\u200b House January 6\u2064 committee, initiated by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. During an appearance on \u2064his program &#8220;War Room&#8221;, Bannon referred to\u2064 himself as a &#8220;political prisoner,&#8221; expressing pride\u2063 in his imprisonment as a stand against what he labeled as \u2062tyranny\u2063 and corruption from\u2064 the Department of Justice and the current administration. He asserted that his time in prison had\u2064 only strengthened his \u2064resolve,\u200c suggesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-warns-against-suozzi-immigration-playbook-never-going-to-out-republican-a-republican\/\" title=\"AOC cautions against Suozzi&#039;s immigration strategy: &#039;Can&#039;t out-Republican a Republican\">significant political comeback<\/a> for Trump\u2062 and the Republicans \u200din \u200cthe upcoming\u200c Nov. 5 election. Bannon&#8217;s remarks reflect a broader \u2063narrative among \u2063some\u200d former Trump aides who have \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">faced \u200dsimilar legal challenges<\/a>, including Peter Navarro, who also served a jail term for related issues but remained\u2064 defiant in their political ambitions.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Steve Bannon got right back to work after being released from federal prison early Tuesday morning, just one week before the Nov. 5 election.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon served four months after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-donald-trumps-former-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-going-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee, established by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon &mdash; who served as Trump&rsquo;s 2016 campaign CEO and in the Trump White House &mdash; called himself a &ldquo;political prisoner&rdquo; before reporting to the Federal Correctional Institute at Danbury, Connecticut, in July, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/steve-bannon-prison-release-56f2f7a17ae2273a29a0829234f56fae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am proud of going to prison,&rdquo; he said at the time, adding, &ldquo;If this is what it takes to stand up to tyranny. If this is what it takes to stand up to the corrupt, criminal [Department of Justice]. If this is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden, I&rsquo;m proud to do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steve Bannon: &ldquo;I am proud to go to prison. If this is what it takes to stand up to tyranny. If this is what it takes to stand up to the corrupt, criminal DOJ. If this is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden, I&rsquo;m proud to do it.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mpfKiRYIpd\">pic.twitter.com\/mpfKiRYIpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1807805473799671967?\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday&rsquo;s &ldquo;War Room&rdquo; on Real America&rsquo;s Voice network, Bannon asserted, &ldquo;Nancy Pelosi sent me to a federal prison. She sent me to a federal prison as a political prisoner to do two things. To make sure that she tried to tamp down the power of this show. Right, tamp down the power of this show.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nancy Pelosi, take out your No. 2 pencil and write this down. This show has never been more powerful. The voices behind it have never been more powerful. The audience has never been more powerful,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon predicted that Trump and the Republicans would &ldquo;deliver a knockout blow to [Pelosi&rsquo;s] progressive insanity on [Nov. 5].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[T]he four months in federal prison not only didn&rsquo;t break me, it empowered me. I am more energized and more focused than I have ever been in my entire life, and I can see clearly, just like in 2016 and 2020, exactly what&rsquo;s going on and what we have to do to defeat it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steve Bannon: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to secure this win. And Donald John Trump is going to serve his second term. And on the 20th of January at high noon, he&rsquo;s going to put his hand on his family&rsquo;s King James Bible, take the Oath, and we&rsquo;re going to roll hard.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GR40grAm4a\">pic.twitter.com\/GR40grAm4a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1851269242173231518?\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former White House aide Peter Navarro also served a four-month term in federal prison for not complying with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>He was released in time to be a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;The D.C swamp, they CONVICTED me. They JAILED me.&rdquo; Peter Navarro speaks at the 2024 RNC.<br \/> &ldquo;THEY DID NOT BREAK ME!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kY5orqQVs3\">pic.twitter.com\/kY5orqQVs3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RSBN &#127482;&#127480; (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1813722522703352125?\">July 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The D.C swamp, they convicted me. They jailed me. Guess what? They did not break me,&rdquo; Navarro proclaimed in front of a raucous crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden DOJ prosecuted both Bannon and Navarro in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The department has declined to prosecute Attorney General&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/option-arrest-attorney-general-merrick-garland-voted-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a>, former Attorney General&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/06\/29\/politics\/holder-contempt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Holder<\/a>&nbsp;and former Internal Revenue Service official&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/04\/lois-lerner-no-contempt-charges-justice-department-116577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lois Lerner&nbsp;<\/a>for defying congressional subpoenas issued by Republican-led House committees.<\/p>\n<p>The latter two occurred during former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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