Official Trump Insurrection Rally 1/6/21 Fukkery, NY Probe, DOJ Probe & Georgia Probe Thread!
Steve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday
The former Trump strategist, convicted of contempt of Congress this summer, was pardoned by Trump on federal charges in 2020
Shayna JacobsFormer White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters as he departs federal court in July 2022. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NEW YORK — Stephen K. Bannon is expected to surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday to face a new criminal indictment, people familiar with the matter said, weeks after he was convicted of contempt of Congress and nearly two years after he received a federal pardon from President Donald Trump in a federal fraud case.
The precise details of the state case could not be confirmed Tuesday evening. But people familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sealed indictment, suggested the prosecution will likely mirror aspects of the federal case in which Bannon was pardoned.
In that indictment, prosecutors alleged that Bannon and several others defrauded contributors to a private, $25 million fundraising effort, called “We Build the Wall,” taking funds that donors were told would support construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which handles state-level prosecutions, has been evaluating Bannon’s alleged involvement in that scheme since shortly after Trump pardoned him, The Washington Post reported in February, 2021.
Presidential pardons only apply to federal charges and cannot prohibit state prosecutions.
[Trump pardons Steve Bannon after ugly falling out early in his presidency]
Bannon, a former top strategist for Trump who was briefly a White House aide, pleaded not guilty to the federal charges in August 2020, after authorities pulled him off a luxury yacht and brought him to court. He was accused of pocketing $1 million in the scheme.
Months later, in the last hours of his presidency, Trump included Bannon on a sweeping clemency list of about 140 people.
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Two other men, including disabled veteran Brian Kolfage, pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with the fundraising scheme. A trial involving a third alleged participant, Timothy Shea, ended in a mistrial in June when the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
The new state indictment comes less than two months after Bannon, 68, was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The state case will be handled in New York State Supreme Court by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D). A spokesperson for Bragg declined to comment when reached Tuesday evening.
But three people familiar with the matter confirmed Bannon is expected to turn himself in on Thursday.
[Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial]
When reached for comment, Bannon issued a statement through his spokesperson that described the indictment as “phony charges” and “nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
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The state effort to investigate Bannon in the border-wall fraud scheme began under Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
In addition to the Bannon investigation, Bragg’s office also inherited a long-running investigation into Trump and his business practices. Last month, Trump’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty in connection to a tax scheme. The Trump Organization is expected to face trial in the tax case in October.
Investigators from the New York State attorney general’s office have teamed up with the district attorney’s lawyers to assist in both the Trump business practices case and the Bannon case.
Bannon’s conviction in July for contempt of Congress related to the Jan. 6 investigation made him the closest Trump confidant to be convicted criminally in the fallout of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The two-witness trial lasted just a week and established that Bannon ignored a congressional subpoena that he was legally obligated to answer.
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Garland is way smarter and more experienced than Judge Cannon… He’s going to play her game and make her look stupid.. DOJ is going to agree to a hybrid where they will accept the special master and appeal her injunction….. also for the special master the judge will almost certainly can’t pick who she wants to pick because that person will have to have that top secret clearance to view those documents.. I’m 100% sure that the special master will be a active or retired FISA court judge
Folk need to pay attention to this…. Dems keep the house and senate you will see a lot of gop officials who had anything to do with the Jan 6 insurrection getting bushed… Tes Cruz, Josh Howley, Clearance Thomas
Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6 (Published 2022)
The ruling made Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, the first official in more than 100 years to be removed under the Constitution’s bar on insurrectionists holding office.www.nytimes.com
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#NotMyPresident
oz threw himself under the bus.... he's trying to get trump's voters to vote for him, it's not going to happen if he says a single thing that contradicts trump...
Bad boyzz bad boyzz whatchu gonna do…whatchu gonna do wen dey com fo u 
Steve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday — The Washington Post
Stephen K. Bannon, a former Trump strategist, was convicted of contempt of Congress this summer and pardoned by Trump in 2020 while facing a federal fraud prosecution.
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Thom Hartmann mentioned that Jimmy Carter still gets his daily briefs
Trump is the only former POTUS who isn’t getting them anymore
How is this not stickied?
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Are these guys actually being swatted? Bannon/Marginal Green?
Or are they making this up to rile up their followers?
they're pretending to be victims
