Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to prison to serve four-month sentence

Steve Bannon arrives outside Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut on Monday (Julia Nikhinson/AP)

Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody on Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the US Capitol attack.

Bannon arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, around noon and was formally taken into federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons said.