A federal grand jury indicted Trump adviser Steve Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress on Friday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1394401
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1394401
This illustrates how slow the process will be. Everyone knows they’re trying to run out the clock, maybe they’re hoping some Trumpy judge rules their way on some things, but no serious lawyer on their side can really think the Executive Privilege argument will hold up. They’ll all clam up, game the system until it is as slow as possible and then watch the clock tick away until they take over the House and turn the investigation against Antifa or whatever. Garland needs to keep this grand jury open and run these characters through as soon as they fail to show up, get indictments out asap and push for quick resolutions. I’m not optimistic.
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Bannon Expected To Surrender On Monday
And not a minute too soon. Why not today? Let him spend the weekend in jail – he has long deserved it.
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Let’s see whether any of the other dead-enders see the light.
(I would prefer a raid instead of letting him surrender himself, but that’s just me thinking he should be treated like people without a national platform and multiple expensive lawyers.)
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The Bannon indictment comes exactly one week after Matthew Graves took office as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
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And a newly minted and approved US Attorney to prosecute the case. How interesting.
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YES!
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More, please.
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Bannon Expected To Surrender On Monday
What’s the over/under on number of layers of shirts he’ll be wearing?
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He is a fugitive from justice, and “somebody” thought it a good idea to give him a weekend to plan things out? I’m sure if a grand jury indicted us, we would be able to negotiate when we would surrender!
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Anybody think Garland waited for Meadows to no-show before hitting Bannon?
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Do Stephen Miller next!
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I am no lawyer, but I think that
- Bannon has committed a crime. Perhaps Meadows will try his hand.
- Garland will be in office for another 3 years.
- Congress no longer has a say. Repubs can’t just come in and say Bannon’s charges are drpped
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Of course taking her son to a bar and taking pictures with militant white-supremacist after hanging out with militias and killing two people would never make people think bad of her snowflake.
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I’m happy for this news. Meadows? Eastman? Are you fools listening??
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Jim Jordan is a jock strap snapper and a complete and total self-righteous asshole.
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I would prefer a raid as well. Then if it happens to go sideways, we can all tweet “He should have complied.”
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Joe Biden has evicerated Executive Privilege.
Hey Jim Jordan, news flash: Trump ain’t the fuckin’ President so STFU.
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IANAL. Can the POS stop the indictment if he agrees to testify? Or is it too late for that?
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“Soviet justice system” - definitely inferior to the Bannon-Nazi justice system.
I’m not too worried about Bannon, the whole process will get bogged down and the clock run out.