A defiant Steve Bannon warned that "they won't shut up MAGA" on Thursday after a federal judge ordered him to report to prison to serve out his four-month sentence for a contempt of Congress conviction.
The former Trump White House adviser blasted the leadership of the Justice Department, including Attorney General Merrick Garland.
"They're not going to shut up Trump. They're not going to shut up Navarro. They're not going to shut up Bannon. And they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA," Bannon said, referring to Peter Navarro, a Trump adviser currently serving his sentence on the same charge.
"All of this is about one thing. This is about shutting down the MAGA movement, shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump,"he continued.
"Not only are we winning, we are going to prevail in every number, and every poll shows that there's nothing that can shut me up and nothing that will shut me up. There's not a prison, there's not a prison, there's not a prison built. There's not a prison built or jail built that will ever shut me up," he said.
Earlier Thursday, Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ordered Bannon to report to prison July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence after a Washington, D.C., court of appeals in May rejected his attempt to overturn his conviction.
Bannon, who hosts the "War Room" podcast, was found guilty of contempt of Congress in 2022 for refusing to testify or turn over documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6., 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
