Steve Bannon, key to Trump's rise, pleads not guilty to border-wall fraud charges

[Eric Loh]

3 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Lock him up! Preferably when Biden is already in office, so that the orange muppet cannot abuse his pardon powers again.

 

When the 'real deal' law and order President Biden take office, criminal referrals on Don Jr. Kushner, Bannon and 2 other cronies will be investigated. These criminal referrals were about Russian interference in the 2016 election called on by the Rep. lead senate intelligence committee. This criminal investigation was initially carried out by the District of Columbia prosecutors lead by AG Jessie Liu. Barr yanked her out of office and put a crony Timothy Shea to replace her and since then sat on those cases doing nothing. Now that the senate intelligence committee has concluded that these referrals will need to be investigated, there is hope that Trump's corrupt family will soon spend jail time. Good riddance. 

[Berkshire]

38 minutes ago, cmarshall said:

Yes, but it is all but certain that the indictment came down because the previous US Attorney for the Southern District, Geoffrey Berman, resisted Barr's attempt to push him out a month or so ago.  The reason he gave was to protect certain ongoing investigations.  In the end Berman and Barr agreed to a compromise in which Berman would resign, but his duties would be taken over by his own assistant US Attorney, Audrey Strauss, in whom he had confidence.  So, Berman resigned and Strauss took over, not the stooge that Barr had picked presumably to sabotage the Bannon investigation and probably others like it.

 

Geoffrey Berman's integrity was a surprise to me, since prior to his appoint to the Southern District he was the law partner of Rudy Giuliani.  I expected him to be a hack, but he's not.  

 

Bannon, another sociopath like Trump, is now in a bind.  He was cast out of the WH, because he was quoted in Michael Wolf's book criticizing the Trump family.  So, he is still persona non grata to Trump.  In that situation, Bannon would be taking a big risk to refuse to cooperate with prosecutors in the expectation of an eventual pardon.  The better bet would be to sing his guts out, which is what I think he will do.

Good analysis.  Regarding the Bannon pardon thing, Trump may not be as eager to pardon Bannon.  The Wolf thing for sure, but the fact that Bannon wasn't shy about taking credit for Trump's surprise victory in 2016.  Some have said that Bannon was like a puppeteer to Trump being his puppet.  We know that Trump doesn't take kindly to someone else hogging the limelight. 

[mtls2005]

4 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

criminal referrals on Don Jr.

 

don jr. is on videotape endorsing this bannon-led wall-athon.

 

He is now saying he didn't really know what it was about.

 

'What you guys are doing is amazing': Donald Trump Jr. spoke at an event for Steve Bannon's 'We Build the Wall' group, which federal prosecutors say defrauded donors out of millions

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-was-guest-fundraising-event-group-bannon-arrested-2020-8

 

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by mtls2005

[jvs]

I always wondered why The Great Wall of Trump is not finished yet.

Now i start to understand.

maga(make America gullible again.

I am not disappointed in Trump and his associates ,they merely performed as expected.

Sure he is only suspected of a crime but a good thing he was caught.

America does not need minor changes,time for a hard reset!

 

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

Great reminder. And to think there are posters on here who still claim trump's intention was/is to "drain the swamp"!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[bendejo]

40 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Maybe allowing another Trump confederate to escape the law wasn't a message Trump wants to send with less than 100 days to the election

"He is a good man and he is being treated unfairly.  Very unfairly."  The fans love his pixie dust.

Lock him up.

 

 

[mtls2005]

8 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Great reminder. And to think there are posters on here who still claim trump's intention was/is to "drain the swamp"!!

 

This one will be updated with bannon I assume.

 

Law & Odor president...

 

 

[GroveHillWanderer]

6 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Will be interesting to hear the evidence the prosecutor has cooked up!

There's no need to wonder - if you want to see the evidence just read the indictment, which is available here:

 

Read the indictment against Steve Bannon

 

Among other things, it details emails sent by Bannon authorising payments to Kolfage and the corresponding deposits into Kolfage's bank account.

[rvaviator]

50 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Great reminder. And to think there are posters on here who still claim trump's intention was/is to "drain the swamp"!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Looks to me that he has great business skill ..... Will he be able to add 'America plc' to his long list of successes ?

 

 

[Pedrogaz]

Power, you just can't help but abuse it can you? Welcome to Bannon's America.

[GroveHillWanderer]

6 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

The run up to this election is feeling like a giant board game. This Bannon news is like landing on a snake, a big one at that. Yet the spectacular victory of the brilliant Ms Loomer in the Florida congressional primaries - nearly with double the number of votes than the next candidate, even after being doxed by the left and banned/cancelled from all social media was quite a ladder.

Is this the same "brilliant Ms Loomer" who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory that Democratic party leaders are part of a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles and cannibals?

Edited August 21, 2020 by GroveHillWanderer

[GroveHillWanderer]

46 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Is this the same "brilliant Ms Loomer" who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory that Democratic party leaders are part of a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles and cannibals?

Oops - it in fact isn't. I was getting her mixed up with Georgia congressional nominee Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory and who Trump called a “future Republican Star” and “a real WINNER!”

Edited August 21, 2020 by GroveHillWanderer

[ThaiFelix]

7 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

the wildly successful MAGA movement

What??  Are you serious??  Are you trying to get a position alongside the rest of Trumps thugs and criminals who couldnt even spell the words true or honest?   Or are you rehearsing for a comedy spot? lol!

[Sujo]

21 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Oops - it in fact isn't. I was getting her mixed up with Georgia congressional nominee Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory and who Trump called a “future Republican Star” and “a real WINNER!”

I think Loomer is the one that refuses uber if its a muslim driver and after 2000 refugees drowned she wished for another 2000 to drown.

[Walker88]

Poor stevie....if only Mexico had ponied up for 45's 4th Century wall, bannon might have resisted the very current administration penchant for grifting.

 

Still, as the mythical Iranian leader, Shah Denfreude, said, "Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy".

 

The maga types and QAnon keep warning of everything from the opening of 100K 'sealed indictments' to durham coming, yet it's 45's people who keep getting cuffed and perpwalked, and it will become a veritable tsunami after President Biden ushers in the return of law and order to the US, and everyone who grifted off their time in office pays the price for their wanton criminality.

 

Soon it will be morning in America again, and only mourning in magaland.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

It’s not just Bannon, Timothy Shea has also been indicted and arrested.

[Eric Loh]

8 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s not just Bannon, Timothy Shea has also been indicted and arrested.

Yes Chomper and also Erik Prince brother of Betsy DeVos. What a stinking pile of swamp excrement. The swamp creature still in the WH. 

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, rvaviator said:

Looks to me that he has great business skill ..... Will he be able to add 'America plc' to his long list of successes ?

 

 

Or will it be the 8th bankruptcy.

[candide]

Actually the website is still there!

https://webuildthewall.us

 

It's still time to make a donation before it's off! ????

 

Buy a brick! ????

 

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by candide

[bendejo]

These right-wing tossers really bring in the bucks.  Rush, Glen Beck and A. Jones were hack radio announcers before they were fearmongers, and now they're rich.  Probably a lot more of them that I never heard of.

And then there are the organizations that collect money for the "causes," like this Bannon scam and the NRA.  Send us your money and we'll fight for your freedom. 

#1 right now is Brad Parscale, the DT campaign's official laundryman, the donation sponge at the top of the heap. 

MAGA, baby!  Keep the dollars coming in, support your 2nd Amendment rights and keep the you-know-whats from taking over your suburb etc.

 

 

[RJRS1301]

2 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Is this the same "brilliant Ms Loomer" who believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory that Democratic party leaders are part of a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles and cannibals?

ah Mr T likes QAnon, he has endorsed them

[stevenl]

22 minutes ago, candide said:

Actually the website is still there!

https://webuildthewall.us

 

It's still time to make a donation before it's off! ????

 

Buy a brick! ????

 

 

And no disclaimer or something.

 

Curious to see how much they're still raking in.

[candide]

4 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Curious though as that AG Barr must approve the arrest of Bannon. And Barr will protect Trump associates if directed.

Maybe allowing another Trump confederate to escape the law wasn't a message Trump wants to send with less than 100 days to the election

The explanation may just be that Barr think it's time to protect his own ass.

Edited August 21, 2020 by candide

[opalred]

thy will have to build a new court house by January/to handle trump and all his con men  and women   

[Phoenix Rising]

9 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

This is disappointing news. Conservatives have a soft spot for Bannon, he is regarded as one of the architects of the wildly successful MAGA movement that made the dated concepts of being rewarded for effort and entrepreneurship regardless of ethnicity, love of America, and traditional families "cool" again, and for that I thank him. Still, fraud is fraud. Hopefully he can get a fair trial although after the other botched investigations and trials recently this is questionable.

 

 The run up to this election is feeling like a giant board game. This Bannon news is like landing on a snake, a big one at that. Yet the spectacular victory of the brilliant Ms Loomer in the Florida congressional primaries - nearly with double the number of votes than the next candidate, even after being doxed by the left and banned/cancelled from all social media was quite a ladder.

"...the brilliant Ms Loomer..."

 

Wow, TopDeadSenter.......just WOW!

[mtls2005]

After all the excitement about building a wall, and having Mexico pay for it, the funding stolen from military appropriations, the Executive Order, the "private" funding fraud, we've got what, five new miles of wall, some of which might have blown over in the wind.

 

Sheesh, a couple of elemantary school children could have accomplished more with a lemonade stand and a hammer.

 

The incompetence is just staggering, but not surprising.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by mtls2005

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

"...the brilliant Ms Loomer..."

 

Wow, TopDeadSenter.......just WOW!

It was an attempt at deflection.

 

He has nothing else.

[Tie Dye Samurai]

10 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Yes, Bannon's arrest 70 or so days before the election shows the left's panic as they desparately try to defeat Trump.  The Lara Loomer victory is causing them to panic even more.  They know the second Trump term may well result in their so-called heros going down.

 

The arrest has backfired.  Trump has distanced himself and turned the tables.  Expect a Trump 2020 victory

I dont think Fox News themselves has the unabashed unashamed audacity to spin chicken excrement into chicken salad like this. #45 is a crook and he surrounded himself with other crooks and grifters...cant wait for those taxes to come out in New York and see what flavor of chicken salad gets churned out of that by Chef Kelsall.

[Tie Dye Samurai]

7 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Trump is already trying to put distance between himself and Bannon, but he needs to be careful. 

 

Bannon was intimately involved in Trump’s campaign and early administration, he’s also named in the (Republican lead) Senate report as having committed crimes against the US in the 2016 election.

 

I smell a book deal coming to a swamp near you....

[Phoenix Rising]

11 minutes ago, Tie Dye Samurai said:

I smell a book deal coming to a swamp near you....

Imagine Bannon striking a deal and start singing like the world's ugliest canary. Man, I get wood just thinking about it!