Tag Archives: Steve Bannon

Axios reports: Speaking on the Upper East Side, Bannon spoke and took questions. At one point, a man identified himself as “Robby Roadsteamer” and asked the convicted felon a question. “Steve, Robby Roadsteamer here,” he said, as Bannon grinned awkwardly, perhaps sensing something was amiss. “I’m wondering, when’s the next insurrection? And can we storm the Burger King after this?” …

The New York Times reports: Stephen K. Bannon, the combative and calculating strategist who helped elect Donald J. Trump to the White House and became one of the most influential voices of the hard right, was released from federal prison early Tuesday. He wasted little time reprising his role as one of the leading provocateurs of the former president’s political …

NOTUS reports: Steve Bannon is getting out of prison, just in time for Election Day. As Trump ramps up violent rhetoric about weaponizing the Justice Department against judges, prosecutors and journalists while simultaneously utilizing the U.S. military against his perceived adversaries he calls “the enemy within,” his 2024 presidential campaign will soon have one of its loudest and fiercest surrogates …

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors say that Steve Bannon must stay behind bars until the end of his sentence — and that his attempts to obtain an early release are without merit. Prosecutors reminded U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, that he has already found that Bannon “fails to overcome the presumption of detention pending appeal,” and …

Raw Story reports: Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon has asked a federal judge to let him leave prison early to continue appealing his conviction for contempt of Congress. Bannon’s sentence had been on hold as he appealed the conviction, but a three-judge appeals court panel ruled against him in May and ordered him to begin serving the sentence, and his attorneys …

Reuters reports: Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon must face trial in New York on criminal-fraud charges over a push to fund the former U.S. president’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a judge ruled on Friday. Justice April Newbauer’s decision to deny Bannon’s motion to dismiss the charges paves the way for a trial set to start on Dec. …

“Steve Bannon unfortunately can’t hear this broadcast, which is an outrage. I ran the Bureau of Prisons in two capacities. “First, I was absolutely in charge of it for two years as Associate Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and then I was chief of staff to the guy who was in charge of it under Gerald Ford. “I do not …

“Do we get women when we call Kamala a slut or make fun of her cackle, Ted Cruz? We do not. Shut up. That gets us nowhere. “Women, when they hear that crap, are resentful, particularly of old white men pulling that crap. Shut up.” – Trump advisor and recent jailbird Peter Navarro, filling in for current jailbird Steve Bannon …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon will stand trial beginning Dec. 9 on charges he defrauded donors to an online effort to raise money for a wall along the U.S. southern border. During a brief hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said they would take three to four days to present evidence. Defense attorneys expected their case to last two …

Roll Call reports: The House filed a brief Monday in the appeal of Trump ally Steve Bannon that seeks to resurrect legal arguments that the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could not issue subpoenas because it was illegitimate. The chamber’s filing at the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit …

Courthouse News reports:  Guo Wengui, the self-exiled Chinese media mogul with ties to the MAGA movement, was found guilty on charges that he duped his supporters out of more than $1 billion under the veil of anti-communist advocacy. The jury found Guo not guilty on counts of wire and securities fraud related to the Chinese media platform GTV, and one …

USA Today reports: Steve Bannon, a former political aide to Donald Trump, will report Monday to federal prison to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Bannon, a podcaster who remains popular with the former president’s supporters, was convicted in July 2022 …

The Daily Beast reports: In an interview with The Daily Beast on Sunday, Bannon, 70, seemed unfazed about his four-month prison sentence and presented himself as a MAGA martyr. “It’s very simple,” said Bannon, who played a central role in the leadup to the Jan. 6 insurrection. “I’m a political prisoner, because I have a very successful platform that reaches …

NBC News reports: In an interview with NBC News, Steve Bannon continued to assert that the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas “don’t mean anything” and reiterated arguments about executive privilege that have been rejected in courts. The vocal ally of former President Donald Trump is set to report to prison by Monday to serve a four-month sentence for defying subpoenas to …

The Daily Beast reports: MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon is dreading his soon-to-be-reality of being housed alongside sex offenders and violent criminals when he reports to prison in Connecticut on Monday, a source close to him told The Daily Beast on Friday. Bannon is set to spend four months at FCI Danbury—a low-level prison in Connecticut where he’ll be housed alongside …

USA Today reports: Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is headed to prison after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday rejected his emergency request to postpone a four-month sentence while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon is scheduled to report to prison on July 1. Bannon was convicted in 2022 for defying a subpoena from the House …

“Merrick Garland, I should say this, you’re going to be a target of a massive investigation. You’re going to go from the Supreme Court to prison, OK? Supreme Court nominee for prison because of what you’ve done. This is a vast criminal conspiracy under your guidance. This Justice Department is the single most corrupt Justice Department and the reason is …

“They dumped you and went to another break. I’ve never seen such disrespect. They have never in the history of television ever taken a national press secretary and treated her with such lack of respect. “Kasie Hunt owes you an apology. CNN owes you an apology today. To the Trump campaign and to MAGA today, President Trump should cancel this. …

“This Thursday debate is totally 100% rigged. The organizing principle of CNN is a hatred of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement to the core of their being, they hate — not disagree, not have policy differences, they hate Donald Trump and they hate the MAGA movement. “Let me say the quiet part out loud. Donald J. Trump gave CNN, …

Bloomberg News reports: Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, is asking the US Supreme Court to keep him out of prison while he fights to overturn his conviction for contempt of Congress. The request was made after a divided appellate panel upheld a decision by US District Judge Carl Nichols that ordered Bannon to serve a …