As Bannon heads to serve his prison sentence, legal analyst Dave Aronberg said Bannon has « only himself to blame » for the timing.
Conservative media personality and Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has « only himself to blame » for the timing of his four month prison sentence amid this year’s presidential election, legal analyst and attorney Dave Aronberg said on Monday.
Bannon, the former White House chief strategist in Trump’s administration, was sentenced to four months in prison in October 2022 after he was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a subpoena issued to him by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Bannon avoided starting his sentence while he fought against his conviction via appeals, arguing that he did not comply with the congressional subpoena on the basis of executive privilege and that he was merely relying on the advice of his former lawyer.
On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected Bannon’s last ditch effort to remain out of jail pending his appeal, which was dismissed by lower courts, meaning Bannon had to turn himself in by July 1 to start serving his time. Bannon has since reported to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday. Meanwhile, Trump and President Joe Biden became their respective party’s presumptive 2024 presidential candidates earlier this year following a string of primary victories, likely setting up a rematch of the fiercely contested 2020 election.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, Aronberg, a state attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, discussed Bannon’s prison sentence as he noted he will not be able to use his War Room podcast as a platform for Trump until just before Election Day, which is on November 5.
