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Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial
« on: July 22, 2022, 11:05:27 AM »
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Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial

Source: Washington Post

A jury in D.C. federal court has begun deliberating the contempt of Congress charges against former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon, who is accused of ignoring a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6. 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“This case is not complicated, but it is important,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston told jurors in closing arguments Friday. “It is important because our government only works if people show up. It only works if people play by the rules.”

Bannon’s defense lawyer countered that the subpoena was illegitimate and politically motivated, and that the deadlines for Bannon to comply were merely “placeholders” for further negotiation. Bannon “didn’t intentionally refuse to comply with a subpoena. Absolutely not. He didn’t intentionally refuse to comply with anything,” defense lawyer M. Evan Corcoran said.

Prosecutors said Bannon just refused to speak to the committee, akin to a person who received a parking ticket deciding not to pay or fight it, but just ignore it. “He did not want to answer its questions,” Gaston said. "And when it really comes down to it, he did not want to recognize Congress’s authority or play by the government’s rules.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/22/bannon-january-6-trial-friday/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142946060

DUmmies are getting off on this.  I am sure its going to be a nothing burger

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Re: Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2022, 11:15:48 AM »
Doesn't something like 2/3 of US voters hold Congress in contempt? :rimshot:
If, as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/robert-f-kennedy-jr-said-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-deadliest-vaccine-ever-made-thats-not-true/ , https://gospelnewsnetwork.org/2021/11/23/covid-shots-are-the-deadliest-vaccines-in-medical-history/ , The Vaccine is deadly, where in the US have Pfizer and Moderna hidden the millions of bodies of those who died of "vaccine injury"? Is reality a Big Pharma Shill?

Millions now living should have died. Anti-Covid-Vaxxer ghouls hardest hit.

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Re: Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2022, 11:22:27 AM »
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'If only we were dealing with orcs and goblins, this would be so much simpler', thought the men to themselves.

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Re: Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2022, 11:52:30 AM »
Let's pretend, for the sake of discussion, that DUmmies get their way, and Bannon is convicted. Then what?

1. Bannon appeals.

2. DUmmies howl.

3. Bannon still does not testify before Pelosiroo's Kangaroo Klown-Kourt.

4. DUmmies howl.

5. Rs win the majority in the House

6. DUmmies howl.

7. Rs shut down Pelosiroo's Kangaroo Klown-Kourt, making the subpoena on which the conviction was based, moot.

8. DUmmies howl.

9. Bannon adds this fact to his still pending appeal.

10. DUmmies howl.

Obviously, points 5, 7, and 9 are my speculation, :-) . But even if the Rs do not win the majority in the House, Bannon's appeals will tie up his case for a year or 3, and he will have as many months to expose the subpoena as partisan revenge, in court and in public. And DUmmies will keep on howling, because that is what they are.
« Last Edit: July 22, 2022, 11:55:24 AM by SVPete »
If, as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/robert-f-kennedy-jr-said-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-deadliest-vaccine-ever-made-thats-not-true/ , https://gospelnewsnetwork.org/2021/11/23/covid-shots-are-the-deadliest-vaccines-in-medical-history/ , The Vaccine is deadly, where in the US have Pfizer and Moderna hidden the millions of bodies of those who died of "vaccine injury"? Is reality a Big Pharma Shill?

Millions now living should have died. Anti-Covid-Vaxxer ghouls hardest hit.

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Re: Jury begins deliberations in Steve Bannon contempt trial
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2022, 11:57:25 AM »
Doesn't something like 2/3 of US voters hold Congress in contempt? :rimshot:

91%, last I saw. 9% had a "favorable" opinion of the Congress-shits.
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