‘Non-violent’ Steve Bannon pleads with judge to let him ‘take advantage’ of law Trump signed to exit prison early for defying Jan. 6 Committee

Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon speaks outside Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn., in July 2024 as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., left, listens (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson).

One day after federal prosecutors said his arguments in favor of an early prison exit were “footless,” former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is trying to “take advantage” of the First Step Act, criminal justice reform signed into law and “championed” by then President Donald Trump, in a bid for some leniency on his punishment for the “non-violent” offense of stonewalling the Jan. 6 Committee.

The Friday reply from Bannon, which comes weeks after he asked U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to reimpose bail pending appeal based on “significant events,” reiterated that the federal inmate’s contempt of Congress stint behind bars should end before Election Day.

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