Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday after spending nearly four months behind bars, US media reported.
Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut, where he was serving time for a contempt of Congress conviction, just a week ahead of the US presidential election in which his former boss Trump is seeking to regain the White House.
A jury found the top Trump ally guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. One count came after Bannon refused to sit for a deposition with the committee, and another was for refusing to provide documents.
He was one of two former Trump aides, along with Peter Navarro, who were convicted of defying the committee. Navarro served his $-month sentence in a federal prison in Miami and was released in July.
