IMO, it is equally likely that Trump bribed Bannon w/ the prospect of a pardon. “Help me win &, if I lose, help me undermine the election result. In exchange, you get a pardon.” Could even be why Bannon was indicted in the 1st place. Bannon & Trump had been on the outs, right? 1/
https://twitter.com/cindi_abbott/status/1401372365729284096
Had Trump and Bannon kissed and made up between this and Bannon’s indictment? (I don’t know the answer. If you do, pls let me know.) 2/ cbsnews.com/news/report-st…
This was a serious falling out in 2018. The Mercers cut off Bannon over it, which is why Bannon had to find a new benefactor (Guo Wengui). After Bannon was indicted in August 2020, suddenly he and Trump were tight again. Something changed. 3/ 
Bannon was also the one with his back against a wall (so to speak) due to the indictment. 4/ reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Bannon was also the one with the close PA contacts through the Preate family and the Middle East Forum in Philadelphia. 5/ pennlive.com/capitol-notebo…
3/27/20 Scranton, PA - Bannon is Ernie Preate’s guest at 600-plus person prayer breakfast. 6/ thevalleyadvantage.com/around-town/pr…
Philadelphia’s Middle East Forum paid for Paul Gosar to secretly attend a populist dinner for Steve Bannon’s “Movement” in July 2018. 7/ azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
More on the Middle East forum. 8/ theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/j…
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