The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is subpoenaing Trump ally Roger Stone and far-right radio host Alex Jones along with others who helped plan and finance the rallies that preceded the attack on the Capitol.
Multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg and CNN, have reported that the president has decided to pardon Bannon despite a falling out earlier in the administration. White House officials who spoke to the news outlets on the condition of anonymity caveated that the decision isn t final until the paperwork is signed.
When reached for comment, the White House told The Hill, “We don’t speculate or comment on potential pardons.”
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Bannon was charged in August with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors who gave money to help build a private border wall. The “We Build The Wall” effort raised more than $25 million.
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Usually on Inauguration Day of a new president, his predecessor rides quietly into the sunset. Trump, with a typical lack of decency and decorum, is skipping Joe Biden
While celebrating a new era, the political world especially Republicans are vigorously debating whether Trump is a spent force or will remain a disruptive figure.
Ever since the mob assault on the Capitol and ensuing second House impeachment, Trump may be a permanent loser. His poll ratings have dropped, and businesses are running away from anything associated with the Trump brand.
Unlike the lonely figure of Mitt Romney
Even many of those Republicans opposing impeachment condemn Trump s actions and character. There almost certainly will be more damaging stuff coming out, with multiple investigations and tell-all revelations from former Trumpites trying to salvage their reputations.
The pardons of the ex-contractors involved in the killings of Iraqi civilians drew rebukes from civil rights groups in particular. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, called it an unconscionable act of moral insanity.
The four ex-contractors worked for Blackwater, a firm founded by Erik Prince, one of Trump s allies and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos The idea of the pardon power is really to address injustice and to either right wrongs or show mercy when that’s appropriate, said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.