Steven Bannon reports to prison for four-month sentence after morning of podcasting

Steve Bannon is goingto prison.

The far-right media strategist and Donald Trump’s former White House adviser was ordered to report to federal prison on July 1 after he was convicted of contempt of Congress.

He arrived at FCI Danbury in Connecticut on Monday but not before broadcasting live on Real America’s Voice as part of his War Room podcast.

In a makeshift studio near the prison, Bannon lauded the success of the far-right nationalist party, National Rally, in the first round of the French parliamentary elections. Comparing the results to the 2016 Brexit vote, Bannon said the success of the French far-right was a precursor to what he expects to be a victory for Trump in November.

He said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “bad 72 hours” with Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance and the French election results. Bannon also celebrated the polling prowess of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party ahead of the British election on 4 July.

Outside of the prison in Danbury, Bannon was met by supporters, including Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, and made a number of baseless claims.

“I'm a political prisoner of Nancy Pelosi. I'm a political prisoner of Merrick Garland. I'm a political prisoner of Joe Biden and the corrupt Biden establishment,” he said.

“I am proud to go to prison… This is what it takes to stand up to tyranny and this is what it takes to stand up to the Garland corrupt criminal DOJ… this what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi. This is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden… I'm proud to do it.”

Protesters who turned up at the prison chanted “traitor” while Bannon spoke.

Danbury, sometimes referred to as “Club Fed,” is a low-security prison with a small population of about 800