Steve Bannon pledged he'd go 'medieval' at his trial -- but it hasn't turned out that way

[turbinetree]

By Sarah K. Burris
Published July 18, 2022

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Former Donald Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon promised that he would go "medieval" in court once he was going to trial for his contempt of Congress case. While he never fully explained what he meant by that, the case appears to be closer to medieval torture than a medieval knight.

Already the judge in the case has suggested that Bannon accept a plea agreement and Bannon's own lawyer admitted that he has no defense. Bannon's own podcast declared him guilty while he was in court Monday.

Jury selection began Monday and while Bannon pledged to make his trial the "misdemeanor from hell" for President Joe Biden, that has yet to manifest into reality.

https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-medieval-trial/

Hey Bannon you do realize that your trial is going the way it was in "medieval times" right....you do realize that the Constitution is somewhat runs parallel to the Magna Carta............

[Nevilledog]

1. He's totally medieval. Look at those boils, he's obviously got the plague.

[turbinetree]

3. I thought of this.....

[Nevilledog]

5. Ha!

[Blue Owl]

2. Smells like he hasn't bathed since the 1500's

[turbinetree]

9. They did try to hide there smell with a bath.....back then

if they could afford it....

[LonePirate]

4. Does that mean he will be beheaded if he is found guilty?

Ordinarily I would consider that to be in violation of the 8th Amendment given the crime he's charged with. However, I will gladly make an exception if he truly does want to turn the trial into a medieval one.

[Ocelot II]

6. If by medieval he means going for weeks without a bath or clean clothes,

supporting absolute monarchies and believing superstitious nonsense, I'd say he's right there.

[Cha]

7. He's Going for that Medieval look..

Link to tweet

How's that working out?

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[BlueBloodedAmerican]

12. Syphilitic - Bwahahahaha!

[Cha]

13. lol😎

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[BootinUp]

8. traitors weren't well treated back in the old days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered

[jmowreader]

10. Let me guess

By "going medieval" he means when he's found guilty he wants to be beheaded with an axe.

"Mr. Bannon, as much as it would please me to sentence you to that, the federal sentencing guidelines only allow me to hand down a 240-month sentence. Like it or not, twenty years in the federal pen is as bad as it can get for you."

[hatrack]

11. "And if he weighs as much as a duck . . . . ?"

.webp

[Leith]

14. Instead of fighting to the last limb

He'll be more like Sir Robin. Brave brave brave Sir Robin!

[CentralMass]

18. He turned me into a Newt.

[Ocelot II]

16. From today's photos it looks like he's wearing *three* shirts under his suit jacket.

It was 90F in DC today.

Ewww. Bet those shirts can walk away by themselves - assuming he even takes them off when he crawls into his dumpster for the night. He's a human compost pile.

[Gore1FL]

17. I never understood the multiple shirt thing.

Does he start with 1 and build up, or does he start with seven and work his way down?

Weird dude.

[orangecrush]

19. It made my morning

When I heard this seditious pos was beginning his trial.

[Warpy]

20. Maybe he meant he wasn't going to bother to clean up for the occasion

Not bathing is something he has in common with Mediaeval folk. They washed their undergraments (or the woma9n who drew the short straw did), but immersion bathing in a cold climate was not a particularly good idea.

One of Ruth Goodman's colleagues put this to the test, chainging undies daily for 6 months or so, and found it kept him reasonably fresh.

I think his Hail Mary pass on this one was hoping for a jury of his actual peers, zealots, fascists, and Qbots.

Let's see if that worked for him.

[cloudboy07]

21. wait till jail intake get's a snoot full of the stink ?????

[Kablooie]

22. If the jury has to be unanimous I'll bet I know what he's doing.

He's counting on one MAGA juror at least who would never convict him no matter what the evidence so he'll go free.

This could be an early test of Trump's trial.
I know Voir Dire is supposed to prevent biased jurors but each lawyer only has a limited amount of strikes. If there are more MAGA jerks in the pool, one or more could easily become a guarantee that Trump's stooges go free.

[Rincewind]

23. If he goes medieval,

does that mean we can declare him a witch, and burn him at the stake?

[RainCaster]

24. That means he wants 24 months in a public stockade

I'd go for that.

[calimary]

25. Probably because swagger and bluster have always worked for him.

Til now.

[gratuitous]

26. And now, when he really needs it to work, it abandons him

Sad!

Wait; is that the word I want - "Sad"? Let's see, Bannon's mouth wrote a whole bunch of checks that his ass can't cash. No . . . no, that's not "sad" . . . it's uhm . . . not sad . . . uh, oh yeah! Fucking hilarious.

[calimary]

28. OMG, gratuitous!!! I'm making a note of that one!

“Let's see, Bannon's mouth wrote a whole bunch of checks that his ass can't cash.“

Like they say in the Almond Joy commercials: “indescribably delicious!”

DAYUM you’re good! Almost intoxicatingly good!

I am in awe.

[BlueIdaho]

27. Contempt of - what was that again?

Do not piss off the court or you’ll find out just how long your sentence can be extended…