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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:39 AM Jul 2022

Bannon has bigger problems than going to jail for contempt.

Let's say the judge who will sentence Bannon goes for a middle of the road sentence. Bannon is facing up to two years. Lets' say the judge gives him one year. Bannon faces the possibility of being subpoenaed by a grand jury for the attempted coup, while he is in prison. They will not have trouble serving that subpoena.

Bannon was part of the conspiracy, the coup. Bannon is acting like a tough guy now, lets see what happens when a grand jury comes calling.

The same goes for Navarro. It is clear he and Bannon have been talking, planning together what they are going to do.

I predict a very bad ending for these two assholes.

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Bannon has bigger problems than going to jail for contempt. (Original Post) fightforfreedom Jul 2022 OP
Bannon is using this case to stall from testifying. Dustlawyer Jul 2022 #1
No chance he gets a year Johnny2X2X Jul 2022 #2
I don't see him getting off lightly... TheRealNorth Jul 2022 #3
You don't know that. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #5
I think an ideal case would be 30 days imprisonment with a year of probation GregariousGroundhog Jul 2022 #9
Well, J6 committee might not exist for much longer Johnny2X2X Jul 2022 #14
Oh yeah.. on day 29 serve him another subpoena Captain Zero Jul 2022 #15
Exactly like that GregariousGroundhog Jul 2022 #16
I predict I will very much enjoy the ending. WheelWalker Jul 2022 #4
It's my understanding that he doesn't have any priors Novara Jul 2022 #6
He accepted a presidential pardon. I wonder if that counts as a prior Walleye Jul 2022 #12
I predict your prediction will be wrong. former9thward Jul 2022 #7
I did not make a prediction. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #8
Your final sentence in the OP is exactly that! Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #11
Other posters replying think you did. former9thward Jul 2022 #13
I sure hope your predictions are correct! PortTack Jul 2022 #10

Dustlawyer

(10,539 posts)
1. Bannon is using this case to stall from testifying.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:45 AM
Jul 2022

He knew he would have to take these lumps if he wanted to stay popular with the Trump base. If he had honored the subpoena he would have had to plead the 5th a billion times which is not a good look. He is trying to reach martyr status so he can fleece the Trump cult again down the road. That is, if he doesn't spend most of the rest of his life in prison.

TheRealNorth

(9,647 posts)
3. I don't see him getting off lightly...
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:01 PM
Jul 2022

Given the nature of what he is refusing to testify about, and his open disrespect of the courts, I would think the judge would have no issue with a 2-year sentence.

 

fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
5. You don't know that.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:09 PM
Jul 2022

He could get up to two years and I am pretty sure it is never a good idea to piss off a judge who is going to sentence you. That is exactly what Bannon did. He mocked, attacked the entire legal process. That can piss a judge off. If Bannon had plead guilty he probably could have gotten off with a smaller sentence.

GregariousGroundhog

(7,593 posts)
9. I think an ideal case would be 30 days imprisonment with a year of probation
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:30 PM
Jul 2022

It seems fair to make the imprisonment term the minimum (30 days) and then giving Bannon a one or two year probation where cooperation with he J6 committee is a condition of that probation. In that way, he essentially holds the keys to his own jail cell after the 30 days.

Johnny2X2X

(24,207 posts)
14. Well, J6 committee might not exist for much longer
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:51 PM
Jul 2022

If Reps take the House in November, they're going to dissolve the J6 committee and replace it with the Hunter Biden's laptop committee.

Captain Zero

(8,905 posts)
15. Oh yeah.. on day 29 serve him another subpoena
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:53 PM
Jul 2022

Another subpoena for the day after he gets out, and if he doesn't show up he goes back in for 23 more months. Something like that,,?

They could even stipulate he is to show up for a videotape appearance so he doesn't start bargaining to make it live.

GregariousGroundhog

(7,593 posts)
16. Exactly like that
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jul 2022

On his first day in jail, serve him a subpoena that he must attend a deposition within 30 days of getting out. If Bannon fails to act, the DOJ asks the judge on day 31 to revoke probation and Bannon gets to serve another 22 months and change in jail.

Novara

(6,115 posts)
6. It's my understanding that he doesn't have any priors
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jul 2022

But he has given the middle finger to the justice system. I'll predict that if I predict, I'll be wrong.

I think the judge should have slapped a gag order on him until sentencing, though.

Totally Tunsie

(11,852 posts)
11. Your final sentence in the OP is exactly that!
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:43 PM
Jul 2022
"I predict a very bad ending for these two assholes."

former9thward

(33,424 posts)
13. Other posters replying think you did.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 12:49 PM
Jul 2022

Ok, I predict your "Let's say" non-prediction opinions will be wrong.

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