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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 10:59 PM Nov 2019

Steve Bannon will be surprise witness at Roger Stone trial

Source: Guardian


Stone is accused of lying to House intelligence committee about Trump campaign’s efforts to obtain emails hacked by Russia

David Smith in Washington

@smithinamerica
Wed 6 Nov 2019 15.28 EST

Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, will be a star witness at the trial in Washington of Roger Stone, a longtime political operative and ally of Donald Trump, a court heard on Wednesday.

The surprise announcement was made during opening statements on Wednesday by prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky, who told the court that Stone had “straight-up lied” to the US Congress about aspects of the 2016 election campaign “because the truth looked bad for Donald Trump”.
A self-described “dirty trickster”, Stone is accused of lying to the H
ouse of Representatives intelligence committee about the Trump campaign’s efforts to obtain emails hacked by Russia that were published by the WikiLeaks website with the effect of harming Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

On day two of Stone’s trial at a federal court in Washington, Zelinsky told the jury they would hear from Bannon, who was chief executive of the Trump campaign and went on to work at the White House. This sets the stage for the most high-profile and bruising scrutiny yet of the inner workings of the 2016 Trump campaign, months after the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller wound up.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/06/steve-bannon-surprise-witness-roger-stone-trial-trump-russia

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Steve Bannon will be surprise witness at Roger Stone trial (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2019 OP
Can we lock that POS up too please? Initech Nov 2019 #1
I would rather feed him to a school of hagfish. cab67 Nov 2019 #4
Those poor hagfish. Dem2theMax Nov 2019 #5
sort of. cab67 Nov 2019 #8
Well, now its not a surprise! Bayard Nov 2019 #2
LOL!!! i thought the same thing! orleans Nov 2019 #3
They ruined it for us! NurseJackie Nov 2019 #10
Will Bannon purger himself????? comradebillyboy Nov 2019 #6
But he has always been such a righteous, disciplined man.... Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #7
You mean will he "purge" like a bulemic, or "perjure" like a Republican? lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #14
perjure comradebillyboy Nov 2019 #15
OK - 'cause Bannon "purging" would be a lot like Mr. Creosote. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #16
A short poem marked50 Nov 2019 #9
Kick orangecrush Nov 2019 #11
This could be a very good thing because Bannon is very averse to perjury. Nitram Nov 2019 #12
My first thought LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #13

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
13. My first thought
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 04:22 PM
Nov 2019

What is their evil plan?

Bannon and Stones' #1 job is to protect Trump. This development is not done for altruistic purposes.

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