Steve Bannon Warns of 'War' and 'Blitzkrieg' in Senate Over Judges

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 09, 2024 at 4:16 PM EST | Updated Nov 09, 2024 at 5:58 PM EST


Steve Bannon believes Americans are "about to see a war in the Senate," telling Newsweek on Saturday that some Democrats in the upper chamber "want to have an actual Blitzkrieg of federal judges approved," prior to President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January.

In a phone interview with Newsweek early Saturday afternoon, Bannon spoke about the transition period between President Joe Biden and the Democratic-majority Senate to Trump and the newly elected Republican majority Senate.

Following Trump's electoral victory earlier this week, in which he won both the popular vote and the Electoral College, there have been various calls on social media as well as, according to NBC News reporter Sahil Kapur "one official in the Biden administration," urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to resign from the bench so that Biden, with support from the Senate, would be able to appoint a new justice ahead of Trump's second term. Newsweek has reached out to the White House press office for comment via email on Saturday afternoon.

Sotomayor, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, is the first Latina and the third woman to serve on the Court. At 70, she is the oldest Democrat-appointed justice on the Court, which has a 6-3 conservative supermajority. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, who is 76 years old, is the oldest sitting member of the Court.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-warns-war-blitzkrieg-senate-over-judges-1983247

[Tadpole Raisin]

1. One of the few bright lights for 2025 will be his state trial guilty verdict and imprisonment,

hopefully for 5-10 years.

I’ll take as many judges as the Biden administration can crank out in the last session.

[gab13by13]

3. What state trial?

TSF has ways to shit can the Fani Willis prosecution. Judge Merchan can sentence TSF to 4 years in prison and the Supreme Court will overrule it.

TSF got off lock, stock, and barrel.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. This one

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/steve-bannons-border-wall-fraud-trial-set-december-rcna163558

The NY State version of the federal fraud case that Bannon was pardoned for.

As a note, the state of NY has so far been the ONLY entity to convict 45 or find him liable for both criminal (hush money/election fraud) AND civil (his Organization's fraud, E. Jean Carroll sexual assault, defamation) crimes.

[Tadpole Raisin]

7. Bannon - and because he he was pardoned before his federal trial

there is no double jeopardy for the state trial (at least per the lawyers at legal AF).

So little to enjoy with real accountability for these sociopaths, I’m going to savor this trial. Let TSF stew about it all he wants.

I hope his name comes up many times and MAGAs, at least a few, wake up to the grift that was and will continue.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Plus NY actually passed a law aimed at "double jeopardy"

which would allow someone to be tried for the same type of crime in the state if they had been tried federally (and pardoned). They considered it "closing a loophole".

Attorney General James Applauds Signing Of Double Jeopardy Law


October 16, 2019

Attorney General James Applauds Signing of Double Jeopardy Law

NEW YORK – Attorney General Letitia James applauded today’s signing of a new law to close New York’s “double jeopardy” loophole. The law addresses an unintended loophole in New York’s double jeopardy protections that could deny the state the ability to pursue justice in cases where the president has used his or her pardon power for corrupt purposes. The new law, which was introduced by Attorney General James, takes effect immediately.

“We have a responsibility to ensure that individuals who commit crimes under New York state law are held accountable for those crimes,” said Attorney General Letitia James. “This critical new law closes a gaping loophole that could have allowed any president to abuse the presidential pardon power by unfairly granting a pardon to a family member or close associate and possibly allow that individual to evade justice altogether. No one is above the law, and this commonsense measure will provide a reasonable and necessary check on presidential power today and for all presidents to come.”

(snip)

[Tadpole Raisin]

12. I remember that passing but somehow I think if it ever got to the supreme court

they would rule it was double jeopardy. I haven’t heard what any DOJ attorneys have opined on the topic.

Thankfully it doesn’t apply here so his team won’t have that argument at appeal.

But if whatever sentence he gets is stayed for appeal and that appeal takes as long as his last one I’ll be $%*#

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Well as you noted, even though he was charged federally, he never went to trial

and was pardoned "federally" for those charges. And I think the "pardoned" thing is what the NY law was focusing on because it basically says the previous charges would have been "wiped", so there were no "charges", and the person would now "start over with a clean slate" allowing new charges (in this case for violations of state law), if it ever came to that.

And I agree about how the state courts might still handle this although the NY courts allowed 45's charges to go all the way to the sentencing (which was delayed for the election). So I can't see how they would punt on Bannon, who was not running for nor elected to any office.

[jvill]

8. Deluded nonsense

[Tadpole Raisin]

9. Useless reply

[Bengus81]

19. Yep...and his butt buddy Trump can't do SHIT about it....n/t

[orangecrush]

26. +1

[surfered]

2. What is with these people. It's war, blitzkrieg. Their fellow Americans should be executed..

Mike Pence should be hung. Why such violent rhetoric? Why is it so appealing to these people?

[gab13by13]

4. Autocracies use political violence to attain power,

it is a feature.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. And, a necessity. They cannot keep power if we start talking and going after them.

So, they keep us at each other's throats.

[Evolve Dammit]

33. Whipped up hatred for the "deep state" and the "enemy within." Hitler's (and other autocrats) playbook 101. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

10. It works both ways, Steve.

During the interim between the Trump Lame Duck Session, TSF and McConnell shoved through the confirmation of Amy Conan Barrett.

Suck it up and you're stuck with the dozen Biden federal judges.

[Marthe48]

13. why didn't he die in prison?

n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

34. He got to detox on our dime. Came out healthier....

[Marthe48]

37. You're such a ray of sunshine

[Evolve Dammit]

40. Thank you! It's true.

[Autumn]

41. He came out cleaner. He looked like a filthy pig before prison.

[HereForTheParty]

14. Why have they languished this long?

And will the barriers quickly disappear?

[BumRushDaShow]

17. As a note, Biden has nominated and Schumer had confirmed, nominees at a record pace

Some have been in confirmation hearings and waiting for that to complete and/or get voted out to the floor and others are getting scheduled for votes.

As a ballpark set of numbers, the below from here - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-lame-duck-biden-judges_n_672e58e2e4b0933e82c9ed15

(snip)

Seventeen of Biden’s pending judicial nominees are currently waiting for a vote on the Senate floor and eight are waiting to be reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Three more are waiting for a committee hearing.

Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate majority whip, will decide how Democrats proceed. HuffPost reached out to both to get a sense of how aggressive they’ll be with moving Biden’s final batch of judges.

“We have two teed up for next week,” is all that Schumer’s spokesperson, Alex Nguyen, said.

“Sen. Durbin aims to confirm every possible judicial nominee before the end of this Congress — plain and simple,” said Durbin spokesperson Emily Hampsten. “We will continue to hold nominations hearings and markups to move nominees through the Committee. He doesn’t set the floor schedule, but will be pushing, as he has been for the past four years, to prioritize time for judges.”

(snip)

So far, Biden has had 213 Article III Judges (including one SCOTUS) confirmed. There are enough pending for a vote and release from Committee to the floor for a vote, who if voted on favorably, can surpass 45's last minute flurry before he left office in 2020 (where he had a total of 234 thanks to Turtle jamming them through).

More here - https://www.acslaw.org/judicial-nominations/on-the-bench-tracking-president-bidens-judicial-nominations/

[Blue for the win]

16. ROFL

What a fat blithering idiot this man is. But of course that pretty well describes most conservatives

[Hotler]

18. You Gad damn right, and we're going to shove them down your throat. And you're going to swallow every single one.

Eat shit Nazi.

[orangecrush]

25. +1

[louis-t]

20. They sure love their Nazi buzzwords

don't they?

[bluestarone]

21. We have to SLOW DOWN everything on the floor, like THEY DID!

EVERY fucking vote that we don't want needs to be halted at all costs.

[Igel]

36. Except that the "blitzkrieg" he's referring to

is the fast-paced appointmen of Biden judges by the yet-(D)-controlled Senate.

In other words, the "krieger" here are (D), not (R).

[bluestarone]

38. Yes. I see that but

i'm thinking the rethugs will slow everything down the rest of this year. We need to follow suit. next year.

[Hope22]

23. Doesn't he have his criminal trial coming up!

So many millions collected , not one mile of border wall. Yet here he is talking, and walking around freely!

[orangecrush]

24. Good

Scorch and salt.

[Jacson6]

27. Put the vodka bottle down and go to sleep, Steve. Sheesh! n/t

[Turbineguy]

28. The Naval Academy will rename Bancroft Hall after Bannon.

[Initech]

29. Bannon is a terrorist who should still be rotting in prison.

Fuck you Steve Bannon, if there is a hell, Satan has a special circle reserved just for you!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. Go home Bannon

You're drunk again.

[JoseBalow]

31. I don't care about what that bloviating shitbag thinks

[hadEnuf]

32. We are alteady at war,

you unwashed Nazi asshole.

All bets are off now.

[milestogo]

35. Can't we lock him up for stinking?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

39. Go home Bannon

You're drunk again.

[Hekate]

42. Bannon wants to smash it all and burn it down