bannon has been charged with criminal contempt of congress. the justice department wanted a trial to start in mid-april. the bannon team push forward october 2022. today a judge seemed to settle that disagreement and he set the date for july 18th, 2022. what s your reaction to his legal strategy? to bannon s legal strategy? yeah. i don t know if there is one. obviously, he d like to stay out of prison for as long as possible. you always hope for early trial dates. justice delayed is justice denied, but a july trial date means that he will be facing the music mid next year and i think that s appropriate. bannon has been all in on this strategy of trump supporters infiltrating local republican party posts. in an interview bannon told sara murray, it s about winning elections with the right people, maga people. we ll have our people in at