Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, who is currently under house arrest, will not be released early because there is “insufficient time remaining” on his sentence, according to the prison director. It is said that it was rejected.
in letter Dalek Puzio, acting warden of the Federal Correctional Facility in Danbury, Conn., told Bannon's attorney, Trent McCotter, that Bannon has served enough First Step Act time to qualify for home confinement. Credit was “earned,” but there was “sufficient time” left for inmate referrals and approvals to be processed.
Mr. Bannon, the moderator, operation room The podcast host and former executive chairman of Breitbart News reported to prison in early July to begin a four-month prison sentence.
“FCI Danbury has received your letter dated October 8, 2024 regarding your client Stephen Bannon,” Puzio wrote. “Specifically, what we are requesting is: [for] Client is immediately released to home confinement.
Puzio added, “To date, Mr. Bannon has earned 10 First Step Act (“FSA”) credit hours. These credits generally apply to early transition to supervision under 18 USC Section 3624(g)(3). However, Bannon will not receive any post-prison supervision period. Therefore, his 10 FSA time credits can only be applied to pre-release protective placement in a residential reentry center or home confinement. ”
The First Step Act (FSA), signed under former President Donald Trump, “was the culmination of a bipartisan effort to not only reduce the size of the federal prison population but also improve criminal justice outcomes. ” states. federal bureau of prisons Website.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Bannon does not have enough time left in his sentence to process the referral and obtain approval for 10 days of home confinement,” Puzio added in the letter. “The Regional Reentry Office, which oversees client release areas, has notified the Residential Reentry Centers, which oversee home confinement placements, that they will not accept placements for less than 30 days.”
In response to Puzio's letter on Monday, McCotter and defense attorney Evan Corcoran said: I wrote “The court should grant Mr. Bannon's motion” and asked him to “either reimpose bail or impose a period of supervised release.”
McCotter and Corcoran added in their letter that “the government has not provided any other reason for refusing such a release.” “Therefore, had there been any bureaucratic delays, Mr. Bannon probably would have been released on home turf two days earlier. Despite earning these credits, there is no reason for Mr. Bannon to continue to remain in prison. .”
On July 22, 2022, Mr. Bannon, who was hired as CEO of the Trump campaign in 2016, was convicted of a crime The jury found him in contempt of Congress.
Months later, Bannon was found in contempt of Congress 2 for failing to comply with a subpoena from the Democratic-led Jan. 6 Task Force, which was established to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. He was sentenced to four months in prison for the incident. National Diet Building.
Bannon joined the Trump administration as chief strategist, leaving in August 2017 and returning to Breitbart News until his retirement in early 2018.
