Stephen K. Bannon, the longtime adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, has reported for a four-month sentence in federal prison on Monday after hosting the two final hours of his podcast from just outside the low-security facility in Danbury, Conn.“We’ll be as close to the prison as we can possibly get,” said Mr. Bannon in a high-spirited interview over the weekend.
And when the taping, which he cast as an unsubtle troll pointed at the Justice Department, is concluded, “I’ll walk across the street and surrender.”He surrendered shortly after noon Eastern time.
As a result, the very public figure will remain out of view — and off the air — until just a few days before the Nov. 5 election.
But the right wing firebrand insists that swapping his studio mic for a prison job, and his trademark double-collared shirts for government khakis, will have little impact on his influential “War Room” podcast.
In fact, he claims, it will “only get bigger and more powerful” while he’s in custody.
Persons:
Stephen K, Bannon, Donald J, Trump, “, ”, khakis
Organizations:
Justice Department
Locations:
Danbury, Conn