Trump's Pardon Won't Save Steve Bannon In NY State
Steve Bannon is expected to surrender this week to face New York state charges related to his "build a wall" scam that netted him a million dollars. Via CNN:
The state charges, which have been returned in an indictment, are based on the same conduct Bannon was charged with by federal prosecutors in 2020. Then-President Donald Trump pardoned Bannon on the federal fraud charges related to the alleged scheme as he was leaving office. Presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations.
[...] Bannon issued a statement late Tuesday, in part calling the indictment “phony charges” and “nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
“I am proud to be a leading voice on protecting our borders and building a wall to keep our country safe from drugs and violent criminals,” he said inthe statement, adding: “They are coming after all of us, not only Present Trump and myself. I am never going to stop fighting. In fact, I have not yet begun to fight. They will have to kill me first.”
In related news, the IRS stripped his fraud non-profit of its non-profit status. Looks like Steve f*cked around and found out!