Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump who is now mobilizing grassroots opposition to the Biden administration, surrendered to federal authorities Monday following …
Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump who is now mobilizing grassroots opposition to the Biden administration, surrendered to federal authorities Monday following his indictment by a federal grand jury on contempt of Congress charges for defying a House subpoena regarding the Jan.6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. As he exited his vehicle in front of the FBI’s Washington office, he turned to a camera livestreaming on the social media site Gettr and his popular « War Room » podcast. « I don’t want anybody to take their eye off the ball of what we do everyday, » he said. « We have Hispanics coming on our side. African-Americans coming on our side. We’re taking down the Biden regime. Every day we need to focus, » Bannon told his supporters. « I want you guys to stay focused and stay on message, » he said. « Remember, signal, not noise. This is all noise, that’s signal. » Bannon has said that the app to watch his « War Room: Pandemic » show has more than 100 million downloads. See the livestream: Attorneys for Bannon told the House committee in an Oct.7 letter that Trump instructed him not to cooperate because Trump would invoke executive privilege. The leaders of the House committee — Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
