唐纳德·特朗普的前顾问史蒂夫·班农将于周二从监狱获释。
这个时间让他恰好在一周前回到媒体面前选举他已经召开了他的第一次新闻发布会，将在他预定的发布会后几个小时举行。
周二，班农将服刑四个月，并被罚款6500美元。
他于2004年被判刑两项藐视国会罪因未能遵守与2021年1月6日国会大厦骚乱有关的传票。
虽然他的判决是在2022年10月进行的，但美国一名地区法官同意在班农对该决定提起上诉时推迟刑期。
2024年5月，联邦上诉法院维持了这一决定，班农此后一直在康涅狄格州丹伯里的联邦监狱服刑。
班农的监狱顾问萨姆·曼格尔(Sam Mangel)告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，他的客户在监狱里教授历史和美国政府。
“我听说他在这方面非常出色，”曼格尔说。“上他课的人真的很喜欢，因为他是一个非常聪明的人。并且拥有该机构中其他人不可能拥有的丰富知识。”
监狱顾问告诉ABC新闻，班农“高昂着头”，受到其他囚犯的尊重。
“我敢肯定，他很高兴把它抛在脑后，继续自己的生活，”曼格尔补充说。"据我所知，他觉得现在还有很多事情要做。"
在去监狱报到之前，班农告诉ABC新闻“本周”的联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔他对违抗众议院1月6日委员会的传票“不后悔”。
“如果我坐牢是为了最终让房子开始移动，开始让非法的J6委员会失去合法性，那么，嘿，你猜怎么着，我坐牢是值得的，”他当时说。
班农利用他的“作战室”播客宣布了他获释当天上午的新闻发布会，计划于周二在曼哈顿举行。
Steve Bannon to be released from prison days ahead of election
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, will be released from prison on Tuesday.
The timing puts him back in front of the media exactly one week beforeElectionDay -- and he's already called his first press conference, which will take place just hours after his scheduled release.
On Tuesday, Bannon will have served his four-month prison term, which came with a $6,500 fine.
He was sentenced ontwo counts of contempt of Congressfor failing to comply with a subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
Although his sentencing took place in Oct. 2022, a U.S. district judge agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the decision.
The decision was upheld by a federal appeals court in May 2024, and Bannon has since been serving his time at a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut.
Sam Mangel, Bannon's prison consultant, told ABC News that his client taught history and American government in prison.
"He was excellent at it, I'm told," Mangel said. "The people who took his classes really enjoyed it, because he's an extraordinarily intelligent man. And has a wealth of knowledge that no one else in that facility could possibly have."
The prison consultant told ABC News Bannon "held his head up high" and was respected by the other inmates.
"I'm sure he's quite glad to put it behind him and move on with his life," Mangel added. "From what I'm told, he feels he's got a lot left to accomplish now."
Before reporting to prison, Bannontold ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karlthat he had "no regrets" about defying the House Jan. 6 Committee's subpoena.
"If it took me going to prison to finally get the House to start to move, to start to delegitimize the illegitimate J6 committee, then, hey, guess what, my going to prison is worth it," he said at the time.
Bannon used his "War Room" podcast to announce a press conference for the morning of his release, which is scheduled to take place in Manhattan on Tuesday.
