Bannon: "They got the wrong person, now we will play the attack"

Steve Bannon, the guru of the election campaign that led to victory Donald Trump, yesterday surrendered spontaneously to the FBI, following the accusation of outrage to Congress for refusing to collaborate in the parliamentary investigation into the assault on the Capitol on January 6 last.

Before crossing the threshold of the federal police headquarters, Bannon thundered to the present press: "We will tear down the Joe Biden regime, I want you to stay focused on what we are doing every day ... this is all noise".

After being released, on probation, pending the first hearing, set for next Thursday, Bannon was even tougher: "I will not give up, they took the wrong person ... We are tired of playing defense, now we will play attack". The reference is to the Minister of Justice merrick garland, to the speaker of the Chamber Nancy Pelosi and directly to the president Joe Biden for wanting his indictment.

In the background of the story are the Midterm elections of autumn 2022, where Republican candidates already have the greatest advantage in voting preferences of the last 40 years, according to a poll by Abc News and the Washington Post.

Beyond the proclamations, Bannon risks from one month to one year for each of the two disputed charges, that is, not having testified and not having delivered the requested documents. Many think that Bannon's indictment serves to send warning messages also to the other loyalists of the tycoon who deny their cooperation to the House committee. The commission has in fact issued a flurry of subpoenas for the exponents of Trump's magic circle: among them the former adviser Stephen Miller and the former White House spokesperson Kayleigh mcenany.

Among the Republicans there are also those opposed to Trump's policies, such as Bennie Thomson e Liz Chaney, who told the media: "Bannon's indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks they can ignore the commission or try to obstruct our investigation: no one is above the law."

Congressmen think that Bannon and other former members of Trump's entourage may have information on the links between the White House and the crowd that invaded the Capitol, suspecting planned and concerted action. In evidence, among the documents of the trial, the sentence of Bannon pronounced on the radio on the eve of the assault: "Tomorrow hell will break loose".

But many former collaborators for now are hiding behind the executive privilege that Trump has invoked to block depositions and documents, obtaining in recent days a temporary legal victory in an affair that is nevertheless destined to drag on. The commission of inquiry, however, has already questioned over 150 people and would be speeding up the work to conclude the investigation by next autumn's Midterm elections to prevent the House from being abruptly interrupted with a Republican victory. works of the "Bannon" trial.

Some analysts also think that, if the Democrats were cornered, they could invoke section three of the 14th amendment, which with a simple majority vote can ban an involved executive officer from public office. "In insurrection or rebellion" against the constitution.

Bannon: "They got the wrong person, now we will play the attack"

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