Even Steve Bannon’s own podcast is saying he’s totally screwed as trial gets underway
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.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.Related: Steve Bannon suggests Putin ain’t so bad because he’s anti-LGBTQUnder 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?
