Bannon defies authorities before beginning prison sentence

Two days before reporting to prison, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon stood firm on his claim that he did not have to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress in 2022, and after numerous appeals, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that his four-month sentence should stand.

In an interview with NBC News, Bannon was asked why he defied subpoenas that the House Select Committee, which sought testimony and documents, issued to him.

“Because, first of all, my lawyer told me that when I received the executive privilege letter from the president, the J6 committee was not legitimately structured, so the subpoenas mean nothing ” Bannon said.

Bannon spoke twice with then-President Donald Trump on January 5 and 6, 2021, conversations the committee sought information about. Crisis unit The podcast host called them “personal and private” and said Trump had “exercised executive privilege” over them.

The former chief strategist in Trump's White House told the outlet that his end goal is “victory or death of this republic,” a battle cry he delivered at this year's Turning Point USA conference. this month in Detroit.

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“We're only going to get stronger from this, we're not going to get weaker,” Bannon said. “We're a populist movement.”

Bannon is due to report to a prison in Danbury, Connecticut, on Monday.