Trump ally served four-month sentence for defying subpoena in investigation into 6 January attackUS politics live – latest updatesBannon peddles US election conspiracy theories hours after releaseSteve Bannon, the longtime Donald Trump acolyte, was released from prison on Tuesday, following a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena in an investigation of the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack.The far-right firebrand’s release from federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, comes just one week before election day. Bannon, 70, surrendered to prison on 1 July after the US supreme court rebuffed his effort to postpone this sentence pending appeal. Continue reading...