Steve Bannon has told his supporters not to write him letters while he’s in prison, urging them to instead use their time praying for their enemies and working toward “victory.”
The conservative media personality is set to serve a four-month federal prison sentence. In 2022, he was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He has denied the charges against him.
Speaking on his War Room podcast on Friday, Bannon told his supporters how he wanted them to spend their time while he was in prison.
He said: “Listen, pray for our enemies. Do not write a letter to me at all. It will not be read. I am not going to take a second to read your letters. I’m not. Because you know why? I don’t want you taking time to write a letter. I want you to get to work.
“This is all about victory. There is no substitute for victory here. There is no substitute for victory. You know that. I know that.”
He continued: “Use your time, husband your resources and use your time. And your time is not sending me some missive in prison that I’m not going to read. You know why I’m not going to read? Because I’m going to be working. Outside of my job in prison, I’m going to be working the rest of the hours on what? Total and complete victory.
“And that’s why if you appreciate the show—if you appreciate the people that come on here, if you appreciate how we put it on—there’s two ways to show appreciation: No. 1, step up and even do more work.”
Earlier this month, a judge ordered Bannon to report to prison on July 1, following multiple appeals to have his sentence overturned.
In a last-ditch effort, the 70-year-old filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court, which was rejected without explanation on Friday.
Last week, Bannon declared himself a “political prisoner” in an interview with Time magazine.
“I don’t fear this at all. I’m a political prisoner,” he said, adding, “I’m at war with the ruling class of this country. I’ve dedicated my life to this. I don’t have a social life. This is my life.”
Bannon said in the interview that he planned to spend his time in the prison library and predicted he would not “come out and be prison ripped.”
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