Steve Bannon Released After Serving 4 Months in Federal Prison

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Today is a good day for MAGA-AF leader Steve Bannon. He intentionally sacrificed himself, due to having faith in what's to come in 2025 and beyond...

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee.

He is now free one week before the 2024 election is decided.

In October 2023, Bannon was sentenced to serve four months in prison on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Democrat-run January 6 Select Committee that was created to investigate the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Bannon, the host of the War Room podcast, reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut.

When he began serving his sentence, Bannon called himself a “political prisoner.”

“I am proud of going to prison,” he said at the time, adding he was standing up to Attorney General Merrick Garland and a “corrupt” Justice Department.

Source: www.breitbart.com...

Both Steve Bannon and Trump advisor PETER NAVARRO were sentenced to prison for giving Nancy Pelosi's Jan 6th committee the "middle finger", by declining to testify.

It has been DECADES since a civilian was sentenced to prison for "contempt of Congress".

The "Hollywood Ten" were jailed in 1948: www.washingtonpost.com...

Clearly, throwing Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro in prison for defying the "Jan 6th Committee's" subpoenas, is pure political punishment.

BUT, most importantly and as Steve Bannon alluded to when defying the subpoena(s) in 2022, his personal sacrifice would be setting the stage (a modern precedent) for what is to come when Donald Trump is President again, and former Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush, etc. Admin officials are summoned before Congress.

TESTIFY OR GO TO PRISON, like hero martyrs Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro did.

-WeMustCare

a reply to: WeMustCare

President again, and former Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush, etc. Admin officials are summoned before Congress.

For sure, definitely going to happen.

I remember how many people had to answer in his first term. He pretty much drained the whole swamp.

It all played out to a T just like Q predicted.

Just in time for a special guest appearance on The View 😀

originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: WeMustCare

President again, and former Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush, etc. Admin officials are summoned before Congress.

For sure, definitely going to happen.

I remember how many people had to answer in his first term. He pretty much drained the whole swamp.

It all played out to a T just like Q predicted.

Which is why after fulfilling part of his role/destiny, Steve sat down at his microphone this morning and proceeded to tell "THE ENEMY WITHIN" what is in store for them.

READ IT HERE: www.thegatewaypundit.com...

And short of WWIII, "NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING!" -Q

I remember how many people had to answer in his first term. He pretty much drained the whole swamp.

It all played out to a T just like Q predicted.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

Well, with a Trump victory next week he would have effectively put an end to the Bush Dynasty, the Clinton Machine, the Biden Crime Family and by extention of defeating Kalalama- the Obama Hustle. And with his second term, Trump will put an end to the deepstate. The Trump story is barely half written. Nobody could have predicted the last 90 plus months. Trump defeated Clinton, Russia hoax-Mueller special council, two impeachments, greatest economy only to have Covid-shut down greatest economy, lock downs, lies-vaccine pushed hard, collusion of msm, big tech and government, Biden coup, Jan 6th, lawfare-Trump 435 million put up just to appeal, assassination attempt, Vance, Kennedy, Musk, Tulsi, Vivek among others joining Trump and much more that went on, we could be here all day. A Trump second term would be something to behold. We are a week away from something very special. Let's see what story a second Trump term tells. I am very excited about a Trump victory.

a reply to: fringeofthefringe

Well said and I think the same. 👍
Trump has learned so much more about how to navigate the system and I believe he’ll get rid of a ton of swamp rats.
His group of incredibly smart and hardworking patriots will prove invaluable to helping make America great again.
Vance
RFK jr
Musk
Vivek
Tulsi
It’s literally a political dream team.
I do sympathize with the lefty true believers who won’t even know how good it gets because they’ll still be cowering inside their victim mentality bubble. I hope they don’t.

a reply to: fringeofthefringe

A lot of the rhetoric against Trump is hyperbolic and unfounded. Russiagate, fascism/nazism. I’ve never engaged in any of that.

If I speak on Trump, it’s almost always about policy. And even when I talk on his controversial personality, it’s in the context of how that might affect elections.

But I don’t see any metric showing he had the greatest economy. The only one I could think of would be sheer size, but keep in mind we have far more people than we did before Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

There were times when a blue collar single earner household could buy a house, send their kids to college, and live comfortably. We’ve been a far ways from that for some time.

Pre COVID we were still racking up debt, and he even had all branches of government the first two years. The counter to that argument is congress controls the purse. That is true, but also only conveniently brought up to defend him, and no other presidents.

Ultimately, he just wasn’t good at getting people behind him. I think in part it’s because he loves to pick a fight with anyone who is critical of him or his ideas. Kind of makes it hard to navigate and ego filled Washington.

I think he’ll likely win, which is the least crappy outcome. But I don’t see his second administration being much different. In my opinion it will be mediocre at best.

a reply to: WeMustCare

The key takeaway from Bannon's incarceration is that, as he makes clear, the precedent has been set. Ignore a congressional subpoena and you WILL go to jail.

We'll see how that goes over when the shoe's on the other foot.
Fun times ahead

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

I remember how many people had to answer in his first term. He pretty much drained the whole swamp.

It all played out to a T just like Q predicted.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

Well, with a Trump victory next week he would have effectively put an end to the Bush Dynasty, the Clinton Machine, the Biden Crime Family and by extention of defeating Kalalama- the Obama Hustle. And with his second term, Trump will put an end to the deepstate. The Trump story is barely half written. Nobody could have predicted the last 50 plus months. Trump defeated Clinton, Russia hoax-Mueller special council, two impeachments, greatest economy only to have Covid-shut down greatest economy, lock downs, lies-vaccine pushed hard, collusion of msm, big tech and government, Biden coup, Jan 6th, lawfare-Trump 435 million put up just to appeal, assassination attempt, Vance, Kennedy, Musk, Tulsi, Vivek among others joining Trump and much more that went on, we could be here all day. A Trump second term would be something to behold. We are a week away from something very special. Let's see what story a second Trump term tells. I am very excited about a Trump victory.

The sad thing is, assuming he wins, he still has to make it through until his term would start and make it through his whole term. There are still professional nutters and millions of amateur nutters who want to MDK him. And I’m sure his family. Them and us as a country cannot be complacent for the hereinafter or the US will fall back into the burden of what has been. They won’t just cease to exist and quit. After his term will be just as important.

originally posted by: Kaiju666

originally posted by: fringeofthefringe

I remember how many people had to answer in his first term. He pretty much drained the whole swamp.

It all played out to a T just like Q predicted.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

Well, with a Trump victory next week he would have effectively put an end to the Bush Dynasty, the Clinton Machine, the Biden Crime Family and by extention of defeating Kalalama- the Obama Hustle. And with his second term, Trump will put an end to the deepstate. The Trump story is barely half written. Nobody could have predicted the last 50 plus months. Trump defeated Clinton, Russia hoax-Mueller special council, two impeachments, greatest economy only to have Covid-shut down greatest economy, lock downs, lies-vaccine pushed hard, collusion of msm, big tech and government, Biden coup, Jan 6th, lawfare-Trump 435 million put up just to appeal, assassination attempt, Vance, Kennedy, Musk, Tulsi, Vivek among others joining Trump and much more that went on, we could be here all day. A Trump second term would be something to behold. We are a week away from something very special. Let's see what story a second Trump term tells. I am very excited about a Trump victory.

The sad thing is, assuming he wins, he still has to make it through until his term would start and make it through his whole term. There are still professional nutters and millions of amateur nutters who want to MDK him. And I’m sure his family. Them and us as a country cannot be complacent for the hereinafter or the US will fall back into the burden of what has been. They won’t just cease to exist and quit. After his term will be just as important.

I agree, thought about that too. Trump and his administration must really do a great job to convince people moving forward that his policies are true and work as advertised. People like JD Vance, Tulsi and Vivek, among others, will have to carry on with those policies and follow through with the movement because right now Trump is doing all the heavy lifting. In order for others to continue- success is paramount, and fast so people won't want to change new policy that is working as intended. Interesting days, weeks, years ahead.

I think he’ll likely win, which is the least crappy outcome. But I don’t see his second administration being much different. In my opinion it will be mediocre at best.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

I hope that we can see, feel a significant difference. Having a child growing up in the world and knowing you will, god willing, leave this earth before him makes the trajectory of our country and economy even more important than the next term. I strongly feel Trump also offers a course correction for the long term. We will see. Lots to look out for.

Since President Trump's historic tax reform, the lowest earners have enjoyed faster wage gains than every other income group.

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I like this analysis because it is from Feb. 2020. Weeks before Covid hit.
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a reply to: fringeofthefringe

Those tax breaks result in debt though, which implies interest is added financial liability. If not for us, than future generations.

2024 had interest payments at 13% of federal spending, the third highest category. With interest rates higher, this number is only going to go up. Some projecting 20% by 2030.

So that’s a fifth of all our money, gone for nothing.

In his first campaign before the 2016 election, reducing/eliminating debt was one of the most vocal issues his platform had. That’s pretty much gone. But the tax cuts are still there.

I’m all for reducing taxes, if and only if it’s couple in reduction of spending. I know that I’ll be a tax payer for quite a few more decades, plenty of time for any structured loan agreement to come to realization.

Someone can promise me a tax cut, and that means absolutely nothing unless it means I don’t pay more later because of it.

It’s not a tax cut if you think about it, it’s a loan in disguise.

a reply to: WeMustCare

He's pretty lively for a martyr.

Those tax breaks result in debt though, which implies interest is added financial liability. If not for us, than future generations

a reply to: CriticalStinker

IRS data proves Trump tax cuts benefited middle, working-class Americans most

Tax cuts helped the...

Despite a pandemic, a recession and a slew of tax cuts, federal tax receipts are booming.

Growth caused more taxes paid into government

Tax Cuts: The latest monthly Treasury report on taxes and spending shows that gross tax receipts in February were $1.4 billion higher than the year before. Weren't the Republican tax cuts supposed to explode the deficit?

Trump tax cuts payed for themselves

Shoot, he should be in prison with his cohorts, as he stole millions and millions of Build A Wall donations that came from hard working Patriots, but alas DJT apparently wasn't mad about the theft and pardoned him. Not sure how a guy who stole from Trump's base is a "martyr", but Trump says it's fine, so guess just do what he says and embrace the thief.

originally posted by: frogs453
Shoot, he should be in prison with his cohorts, as he stole millions and millions of Build A Wall donations that came from hard working Patriots, but alas DJT apparently wasn't mad about the theft and pardoned him. Not sure how a guy who stole from Trump's base is a "martyr", but Trump says it's fine, so guess just do what he says and embrace the thief.

How much did he steal? 👁‍🗨 and, when did Trump say it was fine?

a reply to: fringeofthefringe

Those tax cuts didn’t pay for themselves. We were incurring debt before COVID.

The same arguments were made during Bush when we issued stimulus checks and tax cuts. We still increased our debt.

Unless you cut spending, there’s no loophole. Many have tried, none have accomplished it. All you have to do is look at the debt chart by year.

Edit: from the source you posted (which is an editorial piece, or colloquially an opinion piece)

What these numbers do show is that all the hand-wringing about the impact of the tax cuts on federal deficits was based on wildly exaggerated estimates of revenue losses, which failed to take into account the fact that a faster growing economy would offset at least of the lost revenue.

Read that closely. They intended to put a fraction of a percentage but either forgot or omitted it.

originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: fringeofthefringe

Those tax cuts didn’t pay for themselves. We were incurring debt before COVID.

The same arguments were made during Bush when we issued stimulus checks and tax cuts. We still increased our debt.

Unless you cut spending, there’s no loophole. Many have tried, none have accomplished it. All you have to do is look at the debt chart by year.

Along with the tax cuts were the biggest regulation cuts and the tax cuts precipitated the repatriation of a money....

All told, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported, some $305.6 billion returned to the U.S. from overseas accounts. That's a $1.2 trillion annual rate, and far more than the $35 billion one year before.

It wasn't just the tax cuts, they were the largest tax cuts coupled with the largest cutting of regulations

This is from pre-Covid....

For fiscal year 2018, which started last October, taxes are up $50.5 billion compared with the same months last year, and are at a record high level for this five-month span.

These are the numbers pre-Covid

The "loophole" is growth. That is what the economists are missing this time too. Trump has mentioned that unlike Kalalama's tax and spend plan, Trump has tax and cut regulations which equals growth and more tax receipts-higher wages-higher employment participation rate-Trump is also offering a 15 percent corporate tax rate to companies that produce/manufacture their products here in the US and a 500 percent tariff on those that leave our country and give those jobs to slave wager countries like China and Mexico who also don't match the benefits our companies offer. The tariffs are levied with the sole purpose of driving those companies here where they will be protected and given a15 percent corporate tax rate.

a reply to: fringeofthefringe

Then why did debt go up pre COVID?

a reply to: xuenchen


Over a million. His cohorts are in prison and have to pay restitution of 25M.

Trump said it's ok he stole from his base by pardoning him. I mean if he thought it was not acceptable, he would have let him go to trial with the others involved, no? Disassociated himself from someone who would steal from Maga who were giving their hard earned money to build a wall, right?