Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon continued this weekend to defend the actions that resulted in his prison sentence, which he is set to begin serving Monday.
In an interview Saturday with NBC News, Bannon continued to assert Congress’ Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas “don’t mean anything” and reiterated arguments about executive privilege that have been rejected in courts.
The vocal ally of former President Donald Trump is set to report to prison by Monday to serve a four-month sentence for defying subpoenas to appear before Congress during the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Though Bannon was convicted in 2022, his sentence was put on hold while he sought to appeal the convictions. A last-ditch effort to appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected earlier this week, meaning Bannon has to report to prison by July 1.
When asked what his endgame is, Bannon told NBC News it was “victory or death of this republic.”
“If we don’t win the — first of all, they shred the Constitution. It is the death of the constitutional American republic we know,” he also said.
It’s a claim he made earlier this month during his speech at the conservative Turning Point USA conference.