Former Trump aide Steve Bannon released from prison

Bannon is expected to host his podcast - War Room - on Tuesday and hold a press conference in New York City.

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Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O'Cone, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told the BBC.

Bannon, a conservative podcast host who was key to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022 for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to a January 6 Capitol riot investigation.

According to the New York Times, upon Bannon's release, he said: "If people think American politics has been divisive before, you haven’t seen anything".

Bannon is expected to host his podcast - War Room - on Tuesday and hold a press conference in New York City.

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