Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon is released from jail days before US election

Steve Bannon has been released from jail (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

Long-time Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early on Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the US Capitol attack on January 6 2021.

Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, according to Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons.