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Steve Bannon reports to prison to begin 4-month sentence

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on

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“I stand by him 100% and his voice will grow louder than ever before!” she wrote.

Bannon told the Daily Beast Sunday that he intended to host one more episode of his “War Room” podcast Monday morning before beginning his sentence.

“Then when I finish, I’ll drop the mic and then go surrender,” he said.

The 70-year-old activist labeled himself a “political prisoner” whose time served would make him a “martyr” in the MAGA community. He’s one of many Trump loyalists who have faced criminal charges related to efforts to keep the former president in power.

Bannon told listeners on Jan. 5, 2021, that “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow,” but wouldn’t tell investigators what he knew or why he believed there would be a violent attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over Donald Trump.

 

“It’s not gonna happen like you think it’s gonna happen,” he warned, referring to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as “the point of attack.”

The Justice Department reported in January that nearly 1,300 people had been charged for the attack on the Capitol. Trump continues to insist the 2020 presidential election was somehow stolen from him without any facts to support that claim.

A defiant Bannon told NBC News over the weekend that Democrats would only defeat Trump again in November if “they cheat.””

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