In today’s American morning Steve Bannon was released from a low-security prison in Danbury, Connecticut, where he served a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. The sentence came after theformer Trump strategist he had refused to testify and provide documents to the House of Representatives Committee tasked with investigating the facts surrounding the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol.
At the time of his arrest in July this year, he said he was “proud” to begin serving his sentence, denouncing how his trial indicated the will of theestablishment to persecute political figures linked to Trump. The latter is an idea that we also agree with The Donaldwho on 8 August made an explicit request relating to the imprisonment of Bannon he said he was “absolutely” convinced of the political motive.
Just released from prisonformer White House strategist he said he did not feel destroyed, but rather “stronger” and ready for the future legal battle, which according to his predictions could last months. Bannon he also commented on the current situation of the country’s politics, exactly one week before the vote on November 5, stating that: «If people think American politics has been divisive in the past, they haven’t seen anything». During the day, the former strategist also promised a press conference, as well as the resumption of hosting his podcast “War Room”, which in the meantime had continued to air without him.
The release of Bannon represents a new chapter in the well-known story linked to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, rekindling the debate on political polarization in the United States, just as the country prepares for an electoral period that promises to be full of tensions. The same statements from the former strategist of Donald Trump they seem to indicate that the political confrontation could become even more heated in these days that separate us from the American vote and in the weeks immediately following.
