Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is eligible for home confinement due to his sentence for contempt of Congress, but delays in prison processing have prevented his immediate release, according to the prison warden.
Bannon, who received a four-month sentence earlier this year, became eligible for home confinement after serving a portion of his time in a federal correctional institution. The warden confirmed that eligibility was granted; however, Bannon’s release could not occur as the prison system requires at least 30 days of documentation processing for any transition to home confinement.
Puzio explained, “The Regional Reentry Management Office overseeing your client’s release area advised their Residential Reentry Centers, which monitor home confinement placements, that they will not accept placements under 30 days.”
Bannon’s attorneys approached the judge to oversee his release following the warden’s admission.
His attorneys argued, “But for that bureaucratic processing delay, Mr. Bannon presumably would have been released to home confinement two days ago. There is no reason for Mr. Bannon to remain in prison despite earning those credits.”
Bannon has consistently maintained that his trial was politically motivated. He was convicted for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. His legal team plans to pursue additional appeals, maintaining that his rights were infringed upon during the legal proceedings.
Bannon has labeled Kamala Harris as the “Queen of Mass Incarcerations,” saying, “She has done nothing to implement President Trump’s heroic First Step Act, in fact welcoming hundreds of thousands of hardened illegal migrant criminals while allowing US citizens eligible for early release to rot in prison. No mass deportations, but continual mass incarcerations.”
Bannon remains confined, awaiting his release upon completing his sentence on October 29th.
