Feds Cite ‘Voluminous’ Info Seized In We Build The Wall Case Against Bannon | Talking Points Memo

Federal prosecutors have seized “voluminous” amounts of information in the We Build The Wall case against Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage and two others, telling a federal judge on Monday that the government has been executing search warrants through August.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1329759

Bannon looks like a former geezer rock star heading to rehab. That doesn’t matter, but it makes me happy.

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I’ll ask again: Who the hell are the “and two others”?

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I wonder which of these fine, upstanding gentlemen will flip first?

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Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea.

Here’s the indictment. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/bannon-indictment/index.html

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My bet’s on Bannon – he has the most to lose and has absolutely no principles.

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Initial trial date of May 24, 2021. What’s left of Wall™ will have fallen down, by then.

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Judge Torres set a preliminary trial date in the case for May 24, 2021.

Cross our fingers there will be a new AG by then
AND
That Bannon cannot call the Orange Menace for pardon anymore!

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Feds: ”Bannon pocketed donations for personal use.”
Donors: ”No he didn’t.”

Bannon: ”I spent it all on yachts and booze.”
Donors: ”Build that wall!”

Bannon: ”You people are idiots.”
Donors: ”MAGA!”

Bannon: ”I hate you spineless, little worms.”
Donors: (Mail more checks)

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Bannon: “I am a Nigerian prince.”
Donors: “SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY!”

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Fabio’s really gone to seed since that I Can’t Believe It’s not Butter campaign. Musta been dippin’ into the stash

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Sorry this is my topline impression after looking at this picture

Who owns the look?
image

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He looks like he swallowed a black diamond watermelon.

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I invented a dog food called “I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butt”.

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urck downplayed the issue, saying that a partner and associate at the firm had spent a combined “fourteen hours” on a project for We Build the Wall last fall. It wasn’t clear what the nature of the project was.

“How can we get a piece of the Drumpf pie?”

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“And one day it will just wash away, almost like it never was here.”

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So how much does a partner at Quinn Emanuel charge per hour, is more or less than $350,000?

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Actually, that’s part of the problem. The hydrology “engineering” they did for it is a complete joke, and those sections washing away will do a lot of damage downstream in the Rio Grande.

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You don’t understand. I coulda’ had class. I coulda’ been a contender. I could’ve been somebody instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let’s face it.

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I’m going with separated at birth.
Capt Wild Bill…index

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