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Bannon vows Trump’s opponents will be prosecuted in a second term | CNN Politics

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Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”

Pointing to Trump’s recent conviction in New York, Bannon told a crowd at Turning Point Action’s “The People’s Convention” in Detroit, hours before Trump was scheduled to speak, that the former president’s allies are going to “get every single receipt.”

“You are going to be investigated, prosecuted and incarcerated,” he said. “This has nothing to do with retribution. It has nothing to do with revenge. Because retribution and revenge might be another order of magnitude. This has to do with justice.”

Bannon was referring to recent comments by Trump vowing to be his supporters’ “retribution” and saying that “sometimes revenge can be justified.”

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- Abstaining isn’t voting for Trump.
  It’s refusing to stand in his way.
  Republicans are counting on your indifference.
  
  "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
  
  I am 110% in favor of breaking the two party stranglehold. It's long overdue. It needs to end yesterday.
  But hot fuck, this is LITERALLY THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME to vote third party. I read here and on Reddit that people are promising to vote third party because Biden hasn't personally solved the middle east conflict or whatever, but doing that in the presidential election amounts to screaming "fuck yeah I love Trump and everything he stands for".
  Vote Biden or vote Trump. There is no third choice. Doing literally anything else is a vote for Trump.
  
  Another million votes for Biden in a bright blue state like California isn't going to swing the election in Arizona or Georgia.
  Meanwhile, the DOJ has done dick all to defend voting rights in purple or red states over the last four years.
Isn't this dipshit supposed to be in prison right now?
- He's currently pleading that he shouldn't have to report to prison because he's too busy campaigning for Donald Trump.
  The courts are taking this objection seriously.
  Must be nice to have this kind of privilege
this is the guy who's supposed to be getting his affairs in order so he can report to prison on july 1st. he's just butthurt he's gonna miss the fireworks in new york ten days later.
Nah that won’t end badly for the country as a whole. This won’t be used when democrats get back into power. Nah.
- Their idea is that democrats won’t get back into power.
- If Trump gets in, it may very well turn into a totalitarian single party system.
  
  Very true
- You are playing checkers and the opponent already called checkmate.
How do people not see the parallels with other fascist regimes??
- "Because this time its MY people owning the power! So that makes it okay!" - Average Conservative voter, assuming they were capable of thinking long enough to create a coherent thought.
- Because they don't know what a "fascist regime" is. They're dumb.
- Confirmation bias makes an incredible set of blinders.
How is this vampire ghoul not in prison?
- He has to report by July 7th IIRC
  
  Just curious, does it work this way for regular people? It seems like the justice system really puts on the kid gloves for these right wing shitbags.
What makes Bannon so sure he would be one to benefit from a second Trump presidency? He could just as well be persecuted. Trump shows no allegiance to anyone and is happy to throw his supporters under the bus when expedient.
- Trump was happy enough to pardon a host of Republican donors and political allies before he left office in 2020.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump#Pardons
  Bannon is at least as likely to get a pardon as Roger Stone was.
Fine. Remember to bring evidence this time.
Professional shit-stirrer.
You can tell us that from your prison cell, you felon.
Just because you’re going to jail doesn’t mean you should dress like johnny cash.
and someone will be quoting him from jail

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