The Democrats’ unprecedented lawfare campaign is extending beyond former President Donald Trump to target conservative media ahead of the November election.
On Thursday, a federal judge upheld a four-month prison sentence handed down to former Trump White House adviser and the host of the “War Room” podcast, Steve Bannon. The conservative podcaster was ordered to report to prison on July 1, just two weeks before the Republican National Convention (RNC) and four months before Election Day.
“There’s not a prison built or jail built that will ever shut me up,” Bannon told reporters outside of the courthouse Thursday, stating that he plans to appeal “all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.”
Bannon was convicted two years ago for refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the illegally established House Select Committee on Jan. 6 as part of lawmakers’ Soviet-style inquisition last Congress. A federal appeals court rejected an appeal last month, and now Bannon is expected to join former Trump Trade Advisor Peter Navarro behind bars. Navarro was similarly convicted of contempt of Congress last year and began a four-month sentence in March at a detention facility in Miami.
Bannon’s indictment was the first act for U.S. District Attorney Matthew Graves, who, according to court documents posted on X by Julie Kelly, complained about Bannon mocking members of the Jan. 6 Committee “through offensive name calling.”
In his first act as US Atty for DC, Biden appointee Matthew Graves indicted Steve Bannon for contempt.
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