Posted on 01/19/2021 9:57:34 PM PST by madison10
NEWS Trump pardons former White House strategist Steve Bannon By Bruce GoldingJanuary 20, 2021 | 12:24am | Updated Enlarge Image US President Donald Trump (L) congratulating Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House. US President Donald Trump (L) congratulating Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House....Mr. President, don’t pardon Sheldon Silver President Trump on Tuesday night pardoned former top campaign aide and White House strategist Steve Bannon, who was arrested for an alleged scam involving private donations to build a border wall with Mexico. Reuters cited senior administration officials saying that Trump had pardoned Bannon. An official statement from the White House was expected early Wednesday morning. Bannon, the nationalist firebrand who was formerly the executive chairman of Breitbart News, had been facing a May trial on fraud and money laundering charges in Manhattan federal court. Bannon was accused of scamming $1 million from donors to the “We Build the Wall” GoFundMe campaign launched by US Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, who lost three limbs during a 2004 bomb blast in Iraq. He was busted in August aboard the “Lady May,” a $28 million yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui. Bannon’s pardon was among a wave of last-minute clemencies the White House was expected to announce ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday and followed nearly 90 pardons and commutations previously granted by Trump since 2017. In August 2016, Trump named Bannon chief executive of his first White House bid...
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NEWS Trump pardons former White House strategist Steve Bannon By Bruce GoldingJanuary 20, 2021 | 12:24am | President Trump on Tuesday night pardoned former top campaign aide and White House strategist Steve Bannon, who was arrested for an alleged scam involving private donations to build a border wall with Mexico. Reuters cited senior administration officials saying that Trump had pardoned Bannon. An official statement from the White House was expected early Wednesday morning. Bannon, the nationalist firebrand who was formerly the executive chairman of Breitbart News, had been facing a May trial on fraud and money laundering charges in Manhattan federal court.
Bannon was accused of scamming $1 million from donors to the “We Build the Wall” GoFundMe campaign launched by US Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, who lost three limbs during a 2004 bomb blast in Iraq. He was busted in August aboard the “Lady May,” a $28 million yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui. Bannon’s pardon was among a wave of last-minute clemencies the White House was expected to announce ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday and followed nearly 90 pardons and commutations previously granted by Trump since 2017. In August 2016, Trump named Bannon chief executive of his first White House bid...
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Yes! Go for broke President Trump. Fortune favors the bold.
If Bannon had stayed we might not be where we are now...
Detroit ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got one too.
“If Bannon had stayed we might not be where we are now...”
I think that is true.
Haha. Why? He was NOT a good mayor.
YES!!
Did he pardon Assange or Snowden?
Seriously? Kilpatrick was a serious crook!
It appears that he hasn’t.
Nope.
Does not look like it.
Nicely done. Bannon is one of the good guys.
The McConnell blackmail worked. Assange is the first person he should have pardoned.
My understanding is more pardons will be announced tomorrow.
That’s awful.
As I said in another thread re Cocaine Mitch, I’m reminded of Vito Corleone’s line, “... I didn’t know until this day that it was Barzini all along.”
Totally agree. Hindsight is 20/20 but not keeping Bannon was a very big mistake. He was one of the very few loyal advisors. I think the majority of advice given to Trump was intended to undermine him.
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