No luck for Steve Bannon, so what about law and order?

October 25, 2022 By David Zukerman

Evita Duffy, writing about the sentencing of Steve Bannon, at The Federalist, October 24, led this observer to a Politico article last June, by Kyle Cheney, that bolstered this observer's understanding why the courts have tended to be unsympathetic to Donald J. Trump and his aides and supporters.

Ms. Duffy believes that Mr. Bannon is a "political prisoner," and "the rule of law is dead."  This observer does not disagree that Mr. Bannon is a political prisoner, along with the hundreds of "Jan. 6" protesters held for months without trial in deplorable conditions.  (If these were Antifa defendants held under indictment by a Republican administration, the ACLU, New York Times, and Washington Post would be denouncing their unconstitutional confinement from the rooftops.)  But perhaps rule of law is not dead, just hibernating.

Here is Mr. Cheney's account explaining why Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in 2019, did not dismiss the contempt of Congress case against Mr. Bannon:..........To Read More....

 

What's Interesting About the Steve Bannon Verdict

Matt Vespa 

October 21, 2022 Former top Trump White House adviser and media executive Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail for defying congressional subpoenas regarding the January 6 riot. The select committee compelled the Trump aide to turn over any documents related to the Capitol scuffle, but he refused to comply. Bannon also refused to appear before the panel to testify, prompting two guilty verdicts for contempt of Congress (via Axios):..........

Liberals probably are rejoicing as Bannon is reviled among their circles. Still, while a four-month jail sentence was handed down—the Department of Justice wanted six months—Bannon has vowed to fight to the bitter end. Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, rendered his judgment, admonishing Bannon for disrespecting the legislative branch but did admit in his ruling that Mr. Bannon does have ample grounds for appeal. He also said Bannon could remain free while that process is hashed out in the courts. The final decision regarding this case won’t be decided until next year, with observers noting that it could be longer........... To Read More......

My Take - Again, I chuckle when I see someone was "found to be in contempt of Congress" stuff.  You can't walk anywhere in the nation without tripping over the nation's contempt for Congress, and they have to "find" it. Remarkable, ya just gotta see the humor in that.   At any rate, you may wish to view my file.  He's a strange one.

DOJ’s Double Standard Sending a ‘Clear Message of Fear,’ ‘Telltale Sign of an Authoritarian Regime,’ Tulsi Gabbard Warns

  By Craig Bannister | July 26, 2022

“Our Department of Justice is being weaponized as a political hit squad,” Former Democrat congresswoman (Hawaii) Tulsi Gabbard said Monday, commenting on how Democrats held in contempt of Congress have not been indicted, but former Trump White House official Steve Bannon has.

In a Fox News Channel interview, Gabbard was asked to comment on the double standard after Host Greta Van Greta Van Susteren listed some of the Democrats who’ve been let off the hook after being held in contempt of Congress........“This is just the latest example of how our Department of Justice is being weaponized as a political hit squad to go after the political opponents of the Powers-That-Be that are in charge,” Gabbard said, emphasizing the importance of public trust in the country’s legal system:......DOJ’s Double Standard Sending

Conservatives Are Not Giving Spineless Leaders Any Second Chances

Kurt Schlichter Apr 28, 2022

Okay, you have every right to expect that, by now, anyone purporting to be a conservative thought leader – ugh, what a lame term – will be conservative woke, sometimes known as “based,” by now. There’s no excuse for still living in a Mitt Romney/Candy Crowley gimp cellar of crippling principles and principled failure. If you presume to lead us, you need to understand that we are in a life-or-death struggle to preserve our lives and liberty against a Marxist offensive unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before, and that we need to fight back and win or go down in defeat. We’ve lost patience with the softcons, the surrendercons, and the sissycons who demonstrate that they do not. Just ask Kristi Noem, who waffled and lost her shot forever. ..........After decades of incoming fire by an aggressive left that wants to convert us into impoverished, gender-baffled serfs with no ability to participate in our own governance, we have a right to demand that the people wanting to lead the fight actually understand that we are in a fight. And we are now demanding that. You better not waver, you better not waffle, not if you want a future in this GOP................To Read More....

• Republicans, it’s time to clean up our party before we take on the Democrats - April 29, 2022
  
  April 29, 2022 By Olivia Murray -  On February 9, 2021, an attorney based in Maricopa County, Dan Schultz, appeared on Steve Bannon's 'War Room' show. He explained what he called “The Precinct Strategy” – a blueprint to wrestle control of the Republican Party back from the conspirators and communist-sympathizers and place it into the hands of America First constitutionalists. Just two months ago, on February 27, President Trump released a statement giving his full support:...............
• The other side of the Orrin Hatch story - April 29, 2022 By Thomas Lifson - I held my silence following the death on Saturday of Orrin Hatch, the former long-serving Republican senator from Utah. One doesn’t rush to speak ill of the dead. And besides, Senator Hatch had some redeeming qualities. He was unfailingly gentlemanly and on many issues he was squarely in the same camp as I.  But he was also far from a conservative warrior; he was, in fact, part of the uniparty establishment, and pulled his punches on many key issues. For a scathing look at Hatch’s record, check out Michelle Malkin’s essay at Vdare.com: ..............

  
  

Bannon’s Time Is Up

Roger Stone The Daily Caller's Men's Fashion Editor

Steven K. Bannon, the swashbuckling former Goldman Sachs banker and press baron of Breitbart news who calls himself “Chief Strategist” of Trump’s historic campaign, is in deep trouble within the Trump White House.   To be clear, I am no fan of National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster whose globalist views and hires are negating the foreign policy the President ran on.  

 

I am one who had publicly defended Bannon from false charges of racism and anti-Semitism yet I have concluded he is a spent force, never being willing to spend his political capital to help his friends and in some cases helping empower the very Globalists he claims to oppose.......Self-promotion and ham-handed leaking have hurt Steve badly in the Trump orbit. There is no Karl Rove in Trump-World.........

 

Bannon covered Priebus’ ass and they lavished each other with wet kisses. Meanwhile, no Trump campaign veterans were being hired in the Trump White House.  But it’s far worse than this.  Bannon engineered the ascent of Rex Tillerson at State........correctly tabbed the rise of veteran Romney-ites at State.......... never even lifted a finger against the appointment of quislings like Dina Habib Powell and Goldman Sachs’ Gary Cohen.........

 

When Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was a strong and articulate supporter of the President and his criticism of our current Immigration policies, was indicted for civil rights violations of prisoners in his custody the Obama Justice Department made certain he was tried under the wrong statue to deny him a jury trial. The Justice Department illegally monitored the Sheriffs communication with his lawyer as well as improperly communicating directly with the judge during his trial Arpaio’s prosecution is a political hit job and the government’s misconduct in his prosecution are certainly grounds for dismissal by the Trump Justice Department. Steve Bannon never mentioned the case to President who was shocked to learn about Arpaio’s conviction..........

There is no reason for conservatives to be upset about the coming purge of Steve Bannon. He did a lot to help himself but not much to help us.........To Read More....