PRESSED BANNON ABOUT THE
REASONING BEHIND THAT DECISION.
>>> WE’RE CLEARLY AT A POLITICAL
WAR IN THIS COUNTRY --
>> Reporter: JUST BEFORE HE
REPORTS TO FEDERAL PRISON,
ONETIME TOP STRATEGIST FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
STEVE BANNON REMAINS DEFIANT.
>> WE ONLY GET STRONGER WITH
THIS.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET WEAKER.
>> Reporter: AFTER LEAVING HIS
POSITION AS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
STRATEGIST LESS THAN SEVEN
MONTHS INTO THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, BANNON WENT BACK
TO HIS ROOTS IN CONSERVATIVE
MEDIA.
>> IT’S SATURDAY, 29, JUNE, THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024.
>> Reporter: LAUNCHING AN ONLINE
PROGRAM HE CALLS "WAR ROOM,"
WHICH HAS ROCKETED IN POPULARITY
AMONG THE MAGA FAITHFUL.
>> THEY IGNITED A BUNCH OF
FIRES.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING
MYSELF.
>> MR. BANNON REFUSED TO
TESTIFY.
>> Reporter: HIS REFUSAL TO
COMPLY ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE JANUARY 6th
CAPITOL ATTACK AND ALLEGED
EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020
ELECTION LED TO BANNON’S
CONVICTION BY A JURY ON TWO
COUNTS OF CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS.
THE SUPREME COURT NOW REFUSING
TO DELAY BANNON’S FOUR-MONTH
SENTENCE AS HE APPEALS.
WHY REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH A
CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA?
>> BECAUSE FIRST OFF MY LAWYER
TOLD ME WHEN I GOT THE LETTER OF
EXERTING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT, THE J6
COMMITTEE WAS NOT LEGITIMATELY
STRUCTURED.
SO THEREFORE, THE SUBPOENAS
DON’T MEAN ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: NO COURT HAS SO FAR
AGREED WITH THOSE OBJECTIONS.
THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE’S
INTEREST IN BANNON STEMMING IN
PART FROM WHITE HOUSE RECORDS
SHOWING HE TALKED TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP TWICE ON JANUARY 6th, AS
WELL AS THE DAY BEFORE.
THE SAME DAY BANNON SAID THIS --
>> ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK
LOOSE TOMORROW.
ALL I CAN SAY IS STRAP IN.
THERE ARE PERSONAL AND PRIVATE
CONVERSATIONS THAT HE’S -- HE’S
EXERTED -- HE’S EXERTED
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE ON.
>> Reporter: BANNON, WHO SPEAKS
REGULARLY AROUND THE COUNTRY --
>> ARE YOU PREPARED TO LEAVE IT
ALL ON THE BATTLEFIELD?
>> Reporter: -- SAYS EVEN IN
PRISON HIS MESSAGE WON’T BE
SILENCED.
WHAT IS YOUR END GAME?
>> VICTORY OR DEATH OF THIS
REPUBLIC.
IF WE DON’T WIN -- FIRST OFF
THEY SHRED THE CONSTITUTION.
IT IS THE DEATH OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICAN REPUBLIC
WE KNOW.
>> AND VAUGHN JOINS ME FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C.
EVEN THOUGH BANNON LEFT THE
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE EARLY ON, HE
AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARE
STILL CLOSE ALLIES.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
IT WAS JUST OVER A WEEK AGO
BANNON WAS LIVE ON AIR WHEN
TRUMP CALLED HIM ON HIS
CELLPHONE.
HE VERY MUCH HAS BECOME A GO-TO