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Bannon did not shy away from directing his ire at Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he accused of failing minority communities and botching prison reform efforts. “Kamala Harris is the ‘Queen of Mass Incarcerations,’” Bannon said, citing her controversial record on criminal justice during her time as California’s attorney general.
Bannon also suggested that Harris’s actions, or lack thereof, have caused her to lose the support of key voting demographics. “Harris will lose this election on her inability to get Black and Hispanic men to vote for her in Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Las Vegas,” he predicted. He went on to criticize her for focusing on illegal immigrants while neglecting incarcerated U.S. citizens eligible for early release.
“She has done nothing to implement President Trump’s heroic First Step Act,” Bannon claimed, accusing Harris of allowing “hundreds of thousands of hardened illegal migrant criminals” into the country while “US citizens eligible for early release rot in prison.” He further added that her disregard for the First Step Act and prison reform is “coming back to bite her,” with minority voters abandoning her.
The First Step Act, which was passed under the Trump administration, was designed to reduce mandatory minimum sentences and give courts greater leeway in sentencing non-violent offenders, especially in drug cases. Bannon’s legal team argues that the law applies to his case and that his extended incarceration is a violation of his rights.
Bannon’s daughter, Maureen Bannon, also took to social media to express her frustration, writing on X (formerly known as Twitter), “THE Biden-Harris are ILLEGALLY holding my Dad past his release date!!!”
As the legal battle continues, Bannon’s supporters see this as yet another example of what they call political persecution against Trump allies. They point to other cases where figures aligned with Trump have faced harsher legal consequences than their counterparts. “For the record — Former AG Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress in 2012 but was not indicted, while Hunter Biden was not held in contempt and was instead given chances to comply. Only Trump supporters seem to get indicted in our post-constitutional nation,” one conservative commentator remarked.
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At the heart of this case is Bannon’s refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 Committee. The former chief strategist for Trump declined to provide documents to the committee, citing executive privilege asserted by President Trump. “Based on long-standing U.S. Department of Justice authority, you should not appear for deposition or provide documents,” Bannon stated at the time.
Bannon’s current legal woes add to a long list of political battles for the former Trump advisor, who was previously pardoned by the former president in 2020 for his involvement in the We Build the Wall project. However, this latest clash with the Biden-Harris administration has drawn renewed attention to the ongoing political divides in America, particularly as the country heads into another contentious election season.
As the case continues to unfold, all eyes will be on the federal court system to determine whether Bannon’s detention will be overturned or whether the Biden-Harris administration will be able to justify its decision to keep him behind bars. One thing is certain: Steve Bannon isn’t going down quietly.
