Steve Bannon asks federal judge to release him from prison early

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 12:41 PM EDT, Thu August 29, 2024


Washington CNN — Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and former Donald Trump aide, asked a federal judge on Thursday to release him from prison early as he continues to challenge his contempt of Congress conviction.

Bannon reported to prison earlier this summer to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena from the now-defunct House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack. He is currently set to be released on October 29.

His prison sentence had been on hold as he challenged his conviction at federal courts in Washington, DC. But after a three-judge panel of the DC US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against him in May, he was ordered to begin serving it.

Now, Bannon is asking the federal judge who oversaw his trial to release him early, pointing to his pending request for the full DC Circuit to review his challenge to the conviction. His attorneys are arguing that if the full appeals court agrees to take a look at the case or declines to do so over the dissent of at least one judge it “would … necessarily be an intervening and changed circumstance since this Court’s last decision on bail.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/steve-bannon-prison-request/index.html

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

1. I guess he isn't having fun

Too bad.

[TexasTowelie]

5. I guess that he is having the DTs while in prison.

He should come out of prison with a weight loss since he is no longer consuming empty calories.

[brush]

31. He may as well stay in as when this sentence is over, he's got his next trial...

coming up for stealing "Build The Wall" money that end up with him with a much longer sentence as there's litte doubt that he pocketed tens of thousands.

[irisblue]

2. Nope. Suffer Steve

[iluvtennis]

40. * 2! n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

3. "I've had enough prison. Release please!"

[ZonkerHarris]

4. "Government, please let me out of prison so I can help Trump overthrow you this fall."

[Wild blueberry]

6. Uh, NO.

Would be swell if judge added another month to the sentence.

[onetexan]

8. Or two 😎 damn fool wants out to plan another insurrection

[flying_wahini]

30. Wouldn't hurt my feelings. Keep him another year or 10.;

[MLAA]

7. It's been 2 minutes, let me go!

[bluestarone]

9. The judge in me say's

Ask me one more time and i'll add 6 months!!

[JoseBalow]

10. Another whiny repug snowflake

Four months at Danbury... what a pathetic entitled crybaby!

[Trueblue1968]

11. I guess stevie and his celll mate Big Bubba are not getting along

[Lulu KC]

12. Shut up, Steve

Go back to your room. I mean cell.

[notemason]

13. Don't do the crime

if you can't do the time

[Hope22]

14. He has an insurrection to lead judge!

How dare you take his rights away? What a cry baby!

[Happy Hoosier]

15. Jeez... all these tough guys don;t like being in prison....

Sloppy Steve is having a sad!

[lastlib]

16. Go f*ck a cactus, Pig-Pen.

(my apologies to Mr. Shultz and his cartoon character.....)

[Captain Zero]

43. LOL.

[moniss]

17. Must be that having to use soap on a regular basis

is too much for him to take.

[Talitha]

37. My thoughts exactly.

[Captain Zero]

44. And no fun when he drops it in the shower & tries to pick it up

ow! *

[k55f5r]

54. I hope that they use powdered soap...

it takes forever to pick those tiny grains up.

[generalbetrayus]

18. He's tired of eating baloney sandwiches three times a day.

He'd rather spend his time feeding Trump baloney to the masses.

[2naSalit]

19. Doesn't he have a really serious...

Trial coming up in NY really soon?

Might be thinking he can run away before that one gets sparked up.

I think they should just transfer him to Rikers as a flight risk until and during trial.

[EndlessWire]

46. Yes, this.

I read where it is possible for him to be transferred to Rikers for proximity to this second trial. It could be that this "release me" motion is just related to fear of Rikers. Which, from what I read, is justified. There is some female judge who sentenced offenders to home arrest because of conditions at Rikers. Yet, there was that Trump associate who went to Rikers, and he lived.

Interesting stuff.

[2naSalit]

47. Ayuh...

[FakeNoose]

20. Hey Steve ... since you asked, the judge just added 6 more months to your sentence

And the answer is STILL

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Gee. Wonder what Bannon will say when he gets a real stretch?

He's got a lot to answer for.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Bannon is evidently being tortured in prison by being forced to take showers

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Bannon also does not have his own TV in his cell

Link to tweet

[Grins]

23. The questions...

First. “NO!”

Second, the questions:

1. Has he admitted to the crime for which he was convicted?
2. Has he shown remorse?
3. How likely is it he would do it again?

Flunk those questions? “No!”

[Bengus81]

24. Hey Judge...do like the SCOTUS and tell Bannon we'll give you a ruling in December

[twodogsbarking]

25. Well fuck that.

[niyad]

26. The lyrics to "Hello, Mudduh, Hello Fadduh" are in my head now.

". . . I've been bere one whole day!"

[Blue Owl]

27. Request denied

Womp womp womp….

[Think. Again.]

28. Is it standard for prisoners to be allowed to bother judges with requests to leave before their sentence is done?

[Dulcinea]

29. Oh Steve, bless your heart.

You only get to wear one shirt in prison, and no booze. I hope the judge told him to piss off.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

32. Let me quote

In the immortal words of JD Vance, go to hell!

[SWBTATTReg]

33. Release Me Now!! I am recalling the movie Independence Day, a great classic where the captured alien

(who looks better than Bannon by the way) demands to be released now, and attacks the president mentally. They shoot the alien to stop the attack.

[TBF]

34. I think he's lonely & I have a plan -

let's put Trump there in the cell with him for company! They will have the best time and we won't have to listen to either of them anymore.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. A whole pile of people belong in there with him

including Ghouliani & Alex Jones. They can pretend they are "podcasting" and rant and rave at each other.

[ancianita]

38. Thing is, he thinks he can get Trump's judge (clerked for Clarence Thomas & Federalist Soc.member)

to show mercy and ignore his own ruling. Blatant disrespect for the courts and the judge's jurisprudence, imo.

from Wikipedia...
Nichols is the judge in U.S. v. Miller, who ruled on March 2022, that Garret Miller, one of the defendants criminally charged in connection with the Jan 6 2021 U. S. Capitol attack, could not be charged with obstructing Congress’s certification of the 2020 Presidential election without a showing that Miller had tampered with official documents or records as part of the attack. Nichols's ruling is contrary to those of all seven other U.S. District Court judges who had considered the same issue, and may affect up to 275 similar criminal prosecutions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_J._Nichols

Nichols looks like a weak link in the otherwise tough roster that makes up the DC Circuit.

[4lbs]

36. Ruffles not liking Male Jail?

[LudwigPastorius]

39. Suck it, Renfield.

Maybe use the time to work on your podcast cellcast.

[Zoomie1986]

41. Oh quit being such a pissy little wimp

It's four months, not a lifetime. If brown people can handle even longer sentences in meaner prisons, then you can endure your short Club Fed vacation, jerkwad.

[FlyingPiggy]

42. I take it the hooch isn't cutting it for him. Hahahaha

[Vinca]

45. Well, according to Rudy he's being tortured by not having television, a computer and a phone.

[BigDemVoter]

48. That goddamned pig can just rot in jail for all I care.

He is one of the worst MAGA out there-- a REAL hog.

[Cherrycheeks]

49. K&R

[Iggo]

50. He'd be out now if he'd've done his time like a man.

[Best_man23]

51. Uh...NO

[Historic NY]

52. Keep him until Halloween

[Shermann]

53. Somebody cue the FAFO video again! nt

[marble falls]

55. Piss up a rope, Stevie. Man up, you can stop taking showers in November, after the election.