Stephen K. Bannon may have been obliged to report to federal prison on Monday, but he wasn’t going to let that get in the way of putting on an eye-catching, fiercely defiant grand finale.
Mr. Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, spent the morning live-casting his popular podcast, “War Room,” from various locations around Danbury, Conn., near the site of the low-security facility where he’ll spend the next months in confinement. Cheered on by flag-waving supporters, members of Congress and other allies, he spent his final hours of liberty repeatedly poking a rhetorical finger in the eye of the Justice Department and the Biden administration.
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“This is a big political blow,” said Mike Davis, a former congressional aide and lawyer who has become one of Mr. Trump’s top surrogates on legal issues. “Steve Bannon is by far the intellectual leader and the general for the MAGA movement and can’t be replaced.”
Mr. Davis, a frequent guest on “War Room” who has also been tapped to pinch-hit as a host, noted that Mr. Bannon has a nearly unique ability to stir up action from the masses. On Monday, he provided live updates to the show from outside the Supreme Court in anticipation of the long-awaited ruling on presidential immunity.
“I get far more social media activity and donations when I go on Steve’s show than any other platform, including Fox News,” Mr. Davis said.
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