Bannon to Reporters: No Prison Can Silence Me

Steven Bannon, facing a federal judge’s order to report to prison on July 1, defiantly stated to reporters in Washington, D.C., that “there is not a prison built or a jail built that will ever shut me up.”

“I’ve got great lawyers, we’ll go all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to,” a fired-up Bannon said during a news conference.

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by Donald Trump, ordered Bannon to serve four months in jail after a federal appeals court upheld his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena regarding the events of Jan. 6, 2020, at the U.S. Capitol.

Bannon, an adviser in the Trump administration, was convicted in 2022 for contempt of Congress. In his news conference, he criticized the Department of Justice and its officials, particularly Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“All of this is about shutting down the conservative movement,” Bannon emphasized. “There is nothing that can shut me up and nothing that will shut me up.”

Despite the legal challenges, Bannon expressed confidence in winning the battle, proclaiming, “We’re gonna win this, we’re gonna win at the Supreme Court and more importantly we’re gonna win on Nov. 5 in an amazing landslide with the Senate, the House, and also Donald J. Trump back as President of the United States.”