Trump ally Steve Bannon released from prison just before elections

danbury - Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon has been released from prison in Connecticut just before the American presidential elections, according to a source told CNN. Bannon spent months in jail for refusing to testify before a parliamentary committee investigating the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. He is expected to hold a press conference in New York later in the day.

Bannon is considered a well-known and influential figure in right-wing circles. In 2016, he led Donald Trump's campaign and later held a top position in the White House. He has previously spread the unproven theory that Trump lost the previous elections due to fraud and warns that such a thing could happen again.

His podcast War Room has reportedly lost popularity since Bannon ended up in prison, it is listened to by Republican supporters, but there are also many non-partisan listeners.