Is Steve Bannon headed to jail?
His legal defense contradicts his public bluster - claiming t's time to go on "offense" in his podcast, but asking a judge for more time to prepare for a "complex" case.
The judge just said no.
His legal defense contradicts his public bluster - claiming t's time to go on "offense" in his podcast, but asking a judge for more time to prepare for a "complex" case.
The judge just said no.
Bannon is trying to invoke his own criminal trial for media content and political grievance -- a rerun of Pres. Trump's ploys, but without Presidential powers.
With no executive privilege or pardons, this could end very different.
With no executive privilege or pardons, this could end very different.
Put Bannon's drama aside, and this prosecution matters for a much more important reason:
Legally, it is the beginning of the *criminal* cover up phase of the attempted coup.
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
Legally, it is the beginning of the *criminal* cover up phase of the attempted coup.
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
Until now, essentially all federal charges relating to January 6 were limited to one group:
The *direct participants* who breached the Capitol.
The *direct participants* who breached the Capitol.
The DOJ prosecuting Bannon is a legal shift into indicting:
- a senior person for *covering up* actions related to Jan. 6
- a former Trump White House official
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
- a senior person for *covering up* actions related to Jan. 6
- a former Trump White House official
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
So DOJ's posture views 1/6 as a criminal cover up involving gov officials, with possible echoes of Watergate.
It's a legal shift from prosecuting 1/6 as one criminal incident, to prosecuting it as an *ongoing* cover up
(That's DOJ, Bannon or others could also win at trial.)
It's a legal shift from prosecuting 1/6 as one criminal incident, to prosecuting it as an *ongoing* cover up
(That's DOJ, Bannon or others could also win at trial.)
Last time Bannon was indicted, he avoided a trial when Trump pardoned him.
This time, there's no pardon coming.
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
This time, there's no pardon coming.
arimelber.substack.com/p/turning-poin…
Bannon's essentially confessed to defying the subpoena, so does he have any strategy here?
The thrust seems to be:
1) Delay trial
2) Hope GOP takes back Congress
3) Then ask a judge to toss the case because the 1/6 probe would be over. (A judge might reject that anyway.)
The thrust seems to be:
1) Delay trial
2) Hope GOP takes back Congress
3) Then ask a judge to toss the case because the 1/6 probe would be over. (A judge might reject that anyway.)
The point is not to just "count Bannon out."
He faces longer odds than before, and is contradicting himself, but he also has a broader, extreme agenda here that he's willing to pursue through his *own* high stakes prosecution.
2021 y'all.
He faces longer odds than before, and is contradicting himself, but he also has a broader, extreme agenda here that he's willing to pursue through his *own* high stakes prosecution.
2021 y'all.
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