As Steve Bannon’s grand jury trial kicked off Monday with jury selection, the writing on the wall could not be any clearer for the former top Trump adviser’s chances in court.
Bannon knows as much, and was unsuccessful in pushing to delay the trial and to call House members as witnesses, leaving him practically defenseless. Now even his biggest supporters — on his own podcast, no less — are saying it’s a done deal.
Of course, while prosecutors and most onlookers see the contempt-of-Congress charges as an open and shut case after he very publicly snubbed a subpoena to appear before the House Jan 6 panel, his allies are giving the trial their own, warped spin.
Still, everyone seems to be in agreement about where this is headed.
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A lawyer appearing on Bannon’s podcast gave his version of why the jury would quickly find him guilty, spinning it as an example of pure bias. No matter that he actually did the thing he’s being accused of.
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Under the pseudonym Viva Frei (classy), attorney David Freiheit plans to spend 25 minutes a day recapping the trial on his YouTube channel. He wonders if it’ll even last long enough to complete the task.
“I mean, the question is whether or not it’s going to be able to fill 25 minutes,” he said. “Because what’s going to go on with the Bannon trial? Jury selection. Federal court, it goes exceedingly quickly.”
Then he gave his hot take on how unfair the whole thing is.
“It’s going to be 95+, if not 100% Democrat, anti-Trump and anti-Steve Bannon,” the attorney continued. “And then what’s left of Bannon’s defenses? What’s left to prove from the prosecution? Did you receive the subpoena? Did you respect the subpoena? Yes and No. Case closed.”
Bannon’s legal team is already reportedly eyeing an appeal, so expect the side show to drag on even further.
Here’s how Twitter is reading the tea leaves:
Shorter Steve Bannon Trial
Mr. Bannon, you were served a subpoena?
Yes.
Mr. Bannon, you failed to comply?
Yes.
Ok, off to jail you go.Sounds legit, no?
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) July 18, 2022
Steve Bannon’s podcast is soon going to be just him ranting to his cell mate
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) July 18, 2022
Sloppy, syphilitic Steve Bannon is about to go through some things, and I'm here for it.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!?? (@mmpadellan) July 18, 2022
Today, jury selection begins for the trial of Steve Bannon for contempt of congress. He has no defense. No executive privilege applied because he wasn’t working in the WH on January 6th of 2021 and Trump is no longer President so the privilege is not his to invoke. He’s fucked.
— Andrew Wortman ?????? (@AmoneyResists) July 18, 2022
Steve Bannon, like his Partner-in-Crime, is a consummate Liar. His ploy of saying he’d testify to the Jan.6 Committee is not going to save his ass, or Trump’s, from Prosecution.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 11, 2022
Neoprene
GRRRRRRR! He’s SUCH a GQ hottie!
scotty
have a nice life,
sentence that is.
apologies to larry and jerry and jason
CNY1983
that cracked me up. THX!
Kangol2
In the pantheon of abominables, he’s definitely among the worst of his gang! A racist, fascist, lying blowhard traitor!
It hardly redeems him but he did get a good zinger in, though, when he labeled Don the Con Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting with that Russian operative “treasonous”!
Jim
I just hope the judge has the balls to send him to jail.
No waiting for an appeal.
Cam
Even mainstream media has been protecting these guys for ages. Bannon stated he wanted to disrupt or bring down the government, Sebastian Gorka is a confirmed member of a neo Nazi group, Ben Carson is obviously on Drugs, Mike Flynn could be charged with Treason, yet media like CNN will just report on them as if none of these are facts.
Garland will probably let Bannon off with nothing, but hopefully he will be held responsible and get real consequences.
Neoprene
But he’s still not worse than ELLEN, right Cammie?
Kangol2
And don’t forget that Joe Rogan just implied the Don the Con was drugged out on Adderall while in office!
johncp56
I hope his arrogance does him in the hearings, the bloated tick of white hate