Steve Bannon

[MN-Skeptic]

Molly Crane-Newman
@molcranenewman

Manhattan Judge April Newbauer just ruled that Steve Bannon will go on trial on Dec 9 for the “We Build the Wall” fraud scheme -- around a month after he completes his current federal prison sentence.

Bannon faces a max of up to 15 years if convicted of the scam that saw Trump supporters robbed of their donations toward a border wall. Trump pardoned him of related federal charges just before leaving office, but he can’t do so again if he wins the election, as it’s a state case

The three other men the feds charged alongside Bannon in 2020 have all been convicted -- two pleaded guilty, and a jury convicted the third at a retrial after his first ended in chaos with a juror alleging a government "witch hunt"

[neonzx]

[Volkonski]

Steve Bannon asks federal judge to release him from prison early

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics ... index.html

Now, Bannon is asking the federal judge who oversaw his trial to release him early, pointing to his pending request for the full DC Circuit to review his challenge to the conviction. His attorneys are arguing that if the full appeals court agrees to take a look at the case or declines to do so over the dissent of at least one judge it “would … necessarily be an intervening and changed circumstance since this Court’s last decision on bail.”

“Mr. Bannon’s case presents compelling circumstances because of the subsequent developments discussed above – namely the realistic prospect that the D.C. Circuit will grant en banc or issue dissents from denial on the core issue in this case, either of which would demonstrate this case raises substantial issues and that Mr. Bannon should not have to serve his entire sentence before the en banc D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court can hear his case,” Bannon’s attorneys wrote.

They said that if Judge Carl Nichols does not agree to release him early, he should instead “reduce his sentence … and impose a period of supervised release.”

Previous efforts by Bannon to remain free have been rejected, including by Nichols and the Supreme Court.

Bannon is one of two former members of Trump’s inner circle who faced prosecution for not participating in the House January 6 probe. The second, former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro, has already served a four-month prison sentence for his conviction.

[Rolodex]

Poor Stevie doesn't like prison. Oh, well.

[Rolodex]

His daughter whining about not letting him out 10 days early.

Honey, nobody cares.

[Resume18]

His daughter whining about not letting him out 10 days early.

Honey, nobody cares.

Oh shut up.

[neonzx]

Does Bannon think he is going to sway/swing any voters at this late hour?
Besides, he has another upcoming trial he should be worried about.

[Rolodex]

Does Bannon think he is going to sway/swing any voters at this late hour?
Besides, he has another upcoming trial he should be worried about.

Yep. His We Build the Wall scam trial is on for December. Merry Christmas, asshole.

[Slim Cognito]

Fuck 'em both.

[Dr. Ken]

[RTH10260]

ahhh - denied for time of pending appeal - thats different than getting early release due to good behaviour. Do we know iff he kept his foul mouth shut and regularily used the shower?

[northland10]

He is out next week and, anyway, New England is lovely at this time of year (he is in FCI Danbury).

[Ben-Prime]

He is out next week and, anyway, New England is lovely at this time of year (he is in FCI Danbury).

I'd ask if he kept his nose clean in there, but 'clean' is not a word one generally associates with the S(o)B.

[AndyinPA]

Heeee's ba-a-ck!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... sed-prison

Steve Bannon, a longtime Donald Trump ally who orchestrated his successful 2016 presidential campaign, was just hours out of federal prison when he returned to peddling unfounded conspiracy theories, urging supporters to make sure Democrats “cannot steal the election”.

Bannon, who early on Tuesday morning completed a four-month sentence in Danbury, Connecticut, for flouting a congressional subpoena in an investigation of the January 6 US Capitol attack, fanned the flames of electoral unease on his first War Room podcast post-release.

War Room has become an influential podcast on the right in the US and in Republican circles. Bannon, 70, urged Trump devotees to hit the polls next week, telling listeners: “We’re going to deliver a knockout blow to your progressive insanity on 5 November and then we’re going to secure the deal after that.”

Bannon invoked his and Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen and that former House speaker Nancy Pelosi was behind his imprisonment. Promotion of this widely debunked claim that Biden stole the election helped fuel the deadly insurrection during which Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

[Slim Cognito]

I'd call him a shitbag but that would be an insult to the noble colonoscopy pouch.

[Dr. Ken]

[AndyinPA]

[Kendra]

Awesome! Well done.