Steve Bannon asks federal judge to release him from prison early

Bannon is asking the federal judge who oversaw his trial to release him early, pointing to his pending request for the full DC Circuit to review his challenge to the conviction. His attorneys are arguing that if the full appeals court agrees to take a look at the case or declines to do so over the dissent of at least one judge it “would … necessarily be an intervening and changed circumstance since this Court’s last decision on bail.”

“Mr. Bannon’s case presents compelling circumstances because of the subsequent developments discussed above – namely the realistic prospect that the D.C. Circuit will grant en banc or issue dissents from denial on the core issue in this case, either of which would demonstrate this case raises substantial issues and that Mr. Bannon should not have to serve his entire sentence before the en banc D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court can hear his case,” Bannon’s attorneys wrote.

He is currently set to be released on October 29.