Stephen Bannon Is Released From Prison

Stephen K. Bannon, the combative and calculating strategist who helped elect Donald J. Trump to the White House and became one of the most influential voices of the hard right, was released from federal prison early Tuesday.

He wasted little time reprising his role as one of the leading provocateurs of the former president’s political movement.

“I’m not broken, I’m empowered,” Mr. Bannon said in an interview shortly after his release at 3:15 a.m. from a low-security prison in Danbury, Conn.

He predicted a bitter legal battle after Election Day that could last for weeks or months before a winner is clear. “If people think American politics has been divisive before, you haven’t seen anything,” he said.