Tag Archives: Steve Bannon

Bannon’s Lawyers Quit After “Behead Fauci” Comment

Law & Crime reports: The day after Steve Bannon mused about beheading FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Trump loyalist’s powerhouse lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to postpone a hearing scheduled for Monday because they intend to withdraw from his criminal case. “Mr. Bannon is in the process of retaining new counsel, and Quinn Emanuel …

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Twitter Bans Steve Bannon For Call To Behead Fauci

CNN reports: Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video posted to his Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts. Bannon falsely claimed President Trump had won reelection, despite several key states …

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Bannon: Trump Should Have Twitter’s CEO Arrested

“They’re taking down the president of the United States. If the president of the United States does not call Bill Barr now, today, this moment — what is it? Section 232 of the Defense Act — and send U.S. marshals out to San Francisco and arrest Jack Dorsey today — I said it on Vice the other day and that …

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Giuliani: Trump Should Declare Victory Tonight [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: RUDY GIULIANI (GUEST): I don’t think these early votes are going to be as bad as they think. We shouldn’t assume it. We should assume if he has a credible lead — a point or more — we’ll call the state and we should put it in his column and we start off from there …

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Bannon: Trump Will Declare Victory On Election Night And Then “We’re Going To Get In The Counting Rooms”

“The one thing we’ve taken off the table I’m pretty sure is the knockout blow of a Biden win on Tuesday night — not going to happen. So, you take that off the table then you’re in uncharted territories. “President Trump is going to declare victory on Tuesday night. I’m glad the mainstream media is finally catching up with that. …

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NBC: “Leaked” Biden Files Are From Fake Company

NBC News reports: One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and business in China. That document, a 64-page composition that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump, appears …

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Bannon Crony Sends Mobs After Chinese Dissidents

Foreign Policy reports: A prominent Chinese dissident pulls his children from school and flees his Texas home. A California-based democracy activist faces days of threats and harassment from protesters gathered in his driveway. Both were targets on a hit list of dissidents released last month by the exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who has claimed without evidence they are spies …

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Prosecutors Reject Kobach Bid For Scam Wall Funds

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed a testy memo opposing an attempt by non-parties We Build the Wall and its general counsel-cum-advisory board member Kris Kobach to intervene in the criminal fraud case against Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage. Prosecutors said Tuesday that the We Build the Wall-Kobach request to get involved …

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Bannon: Trump Will Appoint Giuliani As FBI Director

“We have called for, since last Thursday when the New York Post story broke, for either the — Rudy Giuliani said it first, that Wray should resign. I say he should be fired if he couldn’t answer the questions. “The Washington Post broke a big scoop that the president is thinking about Wray. Note to Washington Post, you’ve got to …

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Steve Bannon: If Trump Loses, He’ll Run Again In 2024

The Week reports: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon predicted that if President Trump loses re-election in 2020, he’ll run again in 2024. “I’ll make this prediction right now: If for any reason the election is stolen from, or in some sort of way Joe Biden is declared the winner, Trump will announce he’s going to run for re-election …

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Bannon Launches Tour Called “The Plot To Steal 2020”

Media Matters reports: Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has kicked off a national speaking tour about the upcoming election titled “The Plot to Steal 2020.” It’s a thinly veiled attempt to spread conspiracy theories and discredit any efforts to ensure that citizens can vote safely. Bannon, who recently pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges, has stated that …

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Steve Bannon Behind Latest Fake “China Virus” Story

The Daily Beast reports: A new study purporting to show that the novel coronavirus was manufactured in a Chinese lab was published by a pair of nonprofit groups linked to Steve Bannon, the former top Trump strategist now facing felony fraud charges. The study, co-authored by a Chinese virologist who fled Hong Kong this year, claims that “laboratory manipulation is …

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Bannon Was Paying Trump Campaign Aide $20K/Month

Salon reports: Senior Trump campaign official Jason Miller appears to have been paid about $20,000 a month for work done for a nonprofit co-founded by indicted former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, according to public court filings obtained by Salon. The nonprofit — now reportedly under investigation in connection with the federal charges against Bannon — started paying Miller the same …

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Bannon Trial Set For May 2021 In Border Wall Scam

The Guardian reports: Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and three co-defendants are scheduled to stand trial in May over charges that they scammed hundreds of thousands of donors into contributing to a fundraising campaign purportedly to build a private U.S.-Mexico border wall. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan on Monday announced a May 24 start date for …

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Court: Steve Bannon Can Stay On Yacht Due To COVID

The New York Daily News reports: Steve Bannon may be facing years behind bars but at least he can do his next court appearance in his swim trunks. The right-wing flame-thrower got permission to appear via video next Monday for a Manhattan hearing on charges that he scammed donors who gave millions to a charity claiming to build a stretch …

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Kobach: Trump Gave Scam Private Wall His “Blessing”

CNN reports: Donald Trump ally Kris Kobach said in an interview last year that he had spoken with the President three times about the private border wall project that is currently at the center of a federal fraud investigation, and that Trump was “enthusiastic” about the project and it carried his blessing. Speaking on an episode of the “We Build …

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Steve Bannon Calls Arrest “A Political Hit Job” [VIDEO]

“I am not going to back down. This is a political hit job. Everybody knows I love a fight. I was called ‘honey badger’ for many years. You know, ‘Honey badger doesn’t give.’ “So, I’m in this for the long haul. I’m in this for the fight. I’m going to continue to fight.  This was to stop and intimidate people …

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Lou Dobbs: Bannon’s Arrest Is A “Deep State” Plot

“You may find this somewhat ironic, the contretemps between the postal service and the Trump administration and somehow the deep state launching agents of the U.S. Postal service to arrest Mr. Bannon. “Now, we checked. If you’re surprised to find out the postal service has its own police force, there are 65 separate U.S. federal police departments and agencies and …

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Steve Bannon Freed On $5M Bail, Surrenders Passport

Law & Crime reports: Former Trump 2016 campaign guru and White House advisor Steve Bannon made his first court appearance on Thursday afternoon after being arrested for wire fraud and money laundering earlier in the day. The arraignment was a pro forma session that largely passed uneventfully–with the defendant consenting to various procedural asks posed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart …

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Bannon Was Arrested On Fugitive Billionaire’s Yacht

The Hartford Courant reports: Stephen K. Bannon, former top advisor to President Donald Trump, was arrested while on a yacht off Westbrook early Thursday, law enforcement sources said. Bannon was arrested by inspectors from the U.S. Postal Service while cruising Long Island Sound near Westbrook in a $28 million mega yacht called Lady May. The massive yacht remained off West …

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