Bannon Facing Jail: “Justice Department Trying to Silence the Voice of MAGA”

From this piece on Steve Bannon:

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Tuesday argued the Justice Department is trying to silence “the voice of MAGA” after federal prosecutors called on a judge to lift the stay on his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Prosecutors cited the ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released last week, which affirmed Bannon’s conviction, in their request for the judge to order Bannon to begin serving his sentence.

“Consequently, there is no longer a ‘substantial question of law that is likely to result in a reversal or an order for a new trial,’” the prosecutors wrote in their motion. “Under these circumstances, the Court ‘shall order’ defendant ‘be detained.’”

In response, Bannon claimed this was another effort by the prosecution to keep conservatives quiet.

“I’m shocked they want to silence the voice of MAGA,” he told ABC News.

Those of us who support justice and democracy will have to get accustomed to the whining of Trump and his co-conspirators whenever legal action is taken against them.  We can count on being told that any and all such efforts on the part of the justice system are designed to silence the MAGA movement.  And obviously, since there are huge “news” media sources that support these groundless claims, we can expect some level of resonance with the Trump base.

Note: The photo above featuring a handcuffed Bannon in court was taken at an unrelated event: his arraignment on six felony counts re: his having ripped off Trump supporters who foolishly believed they were contributing to building a wall at the southern border, when in fact, they were shoveling their savings directly into Steve Bannon’s pockets.

In a statement, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Bannon “acted as the architect of a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud thousands of donors across the country — including hundreds of Manhattan residents.”