This is interesting. Frank Scavo, a PA public figure, organized buses to the insurrection (per a tip to the FBI). He's been charged w/ federal crimes. His attorney is Ernie Preate. The Preate family is VERY tight w/ Steve Bannon. 1/ justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
3/ "Scavo’s attorney, Ernie Preate Jr., said his client will plead not guilty to all charges." timesleader.com/news/1140966/f…
4/ Ernie Preate's daughter, Alexandra Preate, has been described as Steve Bannon's "shadow press secretary." She, too, lives in Pennsylvania. pennlive.com/capitol-notebo…
5/ The day before the insurrection, Bannon predicted on his podcast that “All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. Just understand this. All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. It’s gonna be moving. It’s gonna be quick.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
6/ Bannon added: “So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in revolution, I would be in Washington.’ Well, this is your time in history.”
7/ Bannon further added: “It’s all converging, and now we’re on the point of attack tomorrow. … And all I can say is: Strap in. You have made this happen, and tomorrow it’s game day.”
8/ Ernie Preate was a guest on Bannon's War Room in October 2020.
9/ On January 4, Alexandra Preate posted this to her Twitter account.
10/ Preate's tweet links to the transcript of this interview conducted by Steve Bannon. It frames the fight undue Biden's win in Biblical terms. lifesitenews.com/opinion/transc…
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12/ Ernie Preate, (Bannon's pal who now represents the insurrectionist who allegedly organized buses to the insurrection), pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1995 and served time in prison. apnews.com/article/3d28e4…
13/ I've always thought the insurrection whiffed of Bannon, who once described himself as a Lenninist. saying that the Soviet leader “wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.””
15/ "President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken by phone in RECENT WEEKS with once-estranged White House adviser Steve Bannon, who’s facing federal criminal charges, for counsel on his campaign to overturn his re-election defeat..." 1/14/21 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
17/ Scavo organized a five-bus caravan of about 200 supporters of President Donald Trump to a Washington rally [the insurrection]." currently.att.yahoo.com/att/dc-court-t…
18/ Bannon "urged his followers on Facebook to “take action” a day before a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol building in an attempt to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral issue, Vice News reported..." forbes.com/sites/siladity…
19/ "From his podcast’s YouTube channel, which claimed 330,000 subscribers before the platform shut it down permanently on January 8, Bannon aired the strategic rhetoric that inspired the insurrection in plain sight..." newrepublic.com/article/161574…
20/ @FBI should interview everyone on Scavo’s buses. How did Scavo fill five of them?
21/ Does Scavo know Bannon? Did they discuss plans for January 6?
25/ Bannon working to further radicalize the GOP in Pennsylvania. “As Bannon told Politico: ‘Any candidate who wants to win in Pennsylvania in 2022 must be full Trump MAGA.’” - 2/19/21 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
26/ “Appearing Friday on ‘Steve Bannon's War Room,’ ... PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Adams, renewed calls for the General Assembly to seat electors friendly to Trump, rather than to Democrat Joe Biden, who won PA...” yorkdispatch.com/story/news/202…
27/ “Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter & an episode removed by YouTube after calling for violence against FBI director Christopher Wray & ... pandemic expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.” Just one “episode”??? - 11/5/20 techcrunch.com/2020/11/05/ste…
😳 Now that Roe is gone, the religious right wants SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment clause requires a “wall of separation between church & state” & that it applies to the states via the incorporation doctrine. 1/ americanreformer.org/2024/07/everso…
2/ The article in post 1 was written by attorney Timon Cline, the chief editor of American Reformer. Here’s a clip of Timon Cline calling for Everson’s reversal during NatCon. This was transcribed in the American Reformer piece.
🥵 Trump ally Michael Farris has filed a complaint challenging the Johnson Amendment, which precludes churches from making campaign contributions. If successful, this wld enable dark money donors to funnel campaign contributions thru churches, while receiving tax deductions. 1/
2/ Farris filed his complaint in his capacity as general counsel for National Religious Broadcasters. Until recently, Farris was the CEO of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which helped overturn Roe v Wade. dailykos.com/stories/2024/9…
😳 Michael Anton, a former Trump national security official, said in 2022 that “it was now his ‘goal in life’ to ‘convince a thousand conservative intellectuals to think seriously about the conditions under which they would engage in armed revolution against the government.’ (He insisted that he himself was not advocating for such a revolution at this time.)” 1/ nationalreview.com/2023/07/freedo…
Dear Media: Laura Loomer literally calls Roger Stone her “mentor” and “bestie”. Stone, in turn, has been a Trump confidante for decades. Stone was also a chief architect of “Stop the Steal”. This is why Loomer is now parading around with Trump. She’s Stone’s protege. 1/
In case you were wondering how Laura Loomer worked her way into Trump’s inner circle, she’s is a protege of Roger Stone, a key architect of the so-called “Stop the Steal” movement. Remember that? 1/