Bannon previews January 6 - mediamatters4america

[Rhiannon12866]

In the days before the January 6 insurrection, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon bragged on his podcast about his behind-the-scenes efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.

These claims include calls and meetings he joined with conservative lawyer John Eastman and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who were then running the Trump legal team’s “war room” out of the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., where allies conspired to advance crackpot legal theories and misinformation campaigns aimed at stealing the 2020 presidential election from Joe Biden. At one point, Bannon suggested the team at the Willard Hotel solicited bail on behalf of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who had been arrested in Washington, D.C., the day before the insurrection.

A subpoena issued by Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 attack, cited Bannon’s involvement at the Willard as relevant to the inquiry. After Bannon failed to comply, the House voted to hold him in criminal contempt of Congress and referred the matter to the Justice Department for prosecution.

A Media Matters review has found that in addition to repeatedly boasting about his involvement with and insider knowledge of the Trump legal team’s strategy to overturn the election results in Congress on January 6, Bannon previewed the events in dramatic and violent historical context and singled out then-Vice President Mike Pence as the figure who could steal the election for Trump. He also used the language of war to describe how Trump supporters should view the events of January 6 and encouraged them to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the rallies taking place that day.

Click for a reverse timeline of how Bannon used his War Room: Pandemic show to tease the unseen maneuvering of Trump allies that ultimately resulted in a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/leading-january-6-steve-bannon-publicly-bragged-about-his-behind-scene-role-fomenting

[Traildogbob]

1. A message to Bannon and his War Room whores.

Hey Bannon and Trump. About that threat you sent America. “You” came after the wrong “country.” Maybe Hilary can fill you in on the last two examples of people bringing war to our soils. Osama Bin Ladin and oh, maybe Japan. Did not work out so well. We got some shock and awe for you assholes. Time to “Take Out” the trash. Bannon, the hemorrhoid canker that he is, has no intention of being near the war, just barking load from a distance. So did Osama.