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2024-10-18 16:03:32 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1168C1E91E73E415E61AA640DC30A2EBEC44E2489E92F59B52538516287ABF98
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Steve Bannon- the “Chief Strategist” referenced here- is not a political prisoner. He is serving a term of 4 months after being convicted of 2 misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress in 2022. https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-ally-steve-bannon-report-prison-following-contempt-conviction-2024-07-01/ Bannon’s actions are not covered by the definition of “political prisoner.” https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_9yAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Political+prisoner%22&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=%22Political%20prisoner%22&f=false
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