Steve Bannon is using his first show as a free man to promote new election conspiracies

Steve Bannon celebrated his newfound freedom after his release from prison on Tuesday by spreading new conspiracies about the upcoming election.

Donald Trump's former White House adviser, who was released after serving a four-month contempt sentence for defying a House committee subpoena on January 6, claimed in his first War Room podcast since his release that Democrats and other “radicals” in the media “have no intention of giving up power.” The 70-year-old also urged viewers to “make sure” their political opponents “cannot steal the election.”

Bannon was convicted in 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for his refusal to provide testimony before the January 6 committee and the other for refusing to turn over documents relating to his involvement in Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election to tilt, relate.

In his War Room show, Bannon portrayed himself as a “political prisoner” who was persecuted by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to suppress his influence. He claimed that Pelosi “sent me to federal prison as a political prisoner to do two things”: first, to “contain the power of this show” and second, “to break me.” Bannon was convicted by a jury and sentenced by a judge.

“Nancy Pelosi, take your No. 2 pencil and write this down,” Bannon said. “This show has never been more powerful. The voices behind them have never been so powerful. The audience has never been so powerful. And we will deal a decisive blow to your progressive madness on November 5th and close the deal afterwards.”

Bannon further claimed that he had been “strengthened” by his time behind bars.

“I am more energized and focused than I have ever been in my entire life,” Bannon said. “And I can see – just like in 2016 and 2020 – exactly what’s going on here and what we need to do to defeat it.”

To defeat the conspiracy, Bannon told his audience, it was important to vote for Trump in battleground states. “We have to make sure they are not able to steal it,” he said. Bannon later added: “On November 5th, we have to crush them at the ballot box.”

Every day after Election Day, Bannon claimed, “it will be Stalingrad” and claimed election lawyer Marc Elias and others would be in court trying to overturn the results. “If they can't take it away from Trump, if they can't cancel it right then and there… they want to at least delegitimize his victory.”

Bannon also spoke about Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, claiming that critics were trying to “denigrate” the event because “an influencer made a throwaway, unfunny line,” referencing the comedian's racist joke Tony Hinchcliffe on Puerto Rico.