Steve Bannon reports to prison for contempt of Congress sentence
Steve Bannon reports to prison for contempt of Congress sentence
Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.
ByAaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Kevin Shalvey
July 1, 2024, 11:59 AM
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon surrendered on Monday to law enforcement to begin his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress.
He entered the Federal Correctional Institute Danbury, in Danbury, Connecticut, shortly before noon to begin serving his sentence.
The Supreme Court had on Friday denied Bannon's request to remain out of prison during the appeals process after he filed an emergency appeal on Friday with the high court.
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Bannon was sentenced to four months in October 2022 after he was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
A guard stands outside of the Federal Correctional Institute Danbury where Steve Bannon is expected to report to begin his four month sentence, seen on July 1, 2024 in Danbury, Connecticut.David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
A U.S. district judge had ordered Bannon, 70, to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his sentence.
ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Laura Romero and Devin Dwyer contributed to this report.