Steve Bannon is Getting Out of Prison. His Release is Perfectly Timed for Trump.

Bannon’s been spending his sentence with the “godfather type.” He’s out a week from Election Day, and his allies say he’s ready for “retribution.”

Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon served a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Julia Nikhinson/AP

Steve Bannon is getting out of prison, just in time for Election Day.

As Trump ramps up violent rhetoric about weaponizing the Justice Department against judges, prosecutors and journalists while simultaneously utilizing the U.S. military against his perceived adversaries he calls “the enemy within,” his 2024 presidential campaign will soon have one of its loudest and fiercest surrogates back.

Bannon is due to be released from a suburban Connecticut prison, after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, on Tuesday, Oct. 29.