Steve Bannon, the 2016 Trump campaign strategist who sports multiple popped collars and was told by the former president he needed to shower more, isn't afraid of prison because he has no social life.
That's what Bannon told Time Magazine's Eric Cortellessa in an interview published Tuesday afternoon about the War Room podcaster's scheduled four-month visit to federal prison slated to start July 1.
“I don’t fear this at all,” Bannon reportedly said. "I don’t have a social life."
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Bannon also told Cortellessa not to expect him to emerge from a Connecticut low security federal prison in November with new muscular physique.
“You think I’m going to come out and be prison ripped?” Bannon said. “No, I'll have a lot to do.”
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Bannon's assertions that he's unafraid of prison and is ready to do his time stand in stark contrast to his many failed attempts to avoid it.
Earlier this month, Bannon tried to argue to an appeals court in Washington D.C. that he was too valuable to Trump's upcoming presidential campaign to be thrown into jail.
"This just in from the man promising to hunt us all down," replied a sarcastic Bradley Moss.
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Now Bannon is hoping the Supreme Court will spare him the sentence on contempt of Congress charges — a plea legal experts say could possibly succeed.
Despite these last ditch efforts, Bannon played it cool when he threw on his characteristic multiple polo shirts and invited Cortellessa into the multi-million dollar D.C. townhouse where he lives and works.
“I’m at war with the ruling class of this country,” Bannon told the reporter. "This is my life.”
