Trump Arrest From Russia With Love

Steve Bannon was arrested on a boat, and the U.S. Postal Service was involved

Donald Trump's former advisor Stephen Bannon was today charged with fraud and other crimes.
Bannon was arrested. On a boat. The USPS was involved.
From NBC New York:

A law enforcement source tells NBC New York that Bannon was arrested this morning without incident while aboard a boat off the coast of Westbrook, Connecticut. Bannon is not the owner of the boat.

NBC News and CBS News have both confirmed that Steve Bannon was arrested by agents of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which is the criminal investigating arm of the Postal Service.

And can we all take a moment to relish the sweet irony that Bannon was taken into custody by US Postal Service Agents. Through rain, sleet, snow, and worse they deliver medication, paychecks, absentee ballots … and JUSTICE! https://t.co/XLnPRC92QW

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) August 20, 2020

Yep. Agents of the USPS arrested Bannon.
Bannon is expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate.

NBC News confirms: Steve Bannon was arrested by agents of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which is the criminal investigating arm of the Postal Service. @MSNBC

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 20, 2020

From CBS' Pat Milton: Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate. @SDNYnews alleges he had a role in defrauding donors as part of an online crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall"

— Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan) August 20, 2020

More on the charges against Bannon in our previous post.

Steve Bannon charged with fraud by NY prosecutor

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TRUMP: Stay calm./We have it totally under control./We're in great shape./One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear./This is their new hoax.

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TRUMP: What we want to do is terminate it.

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TRUMP: No, I don't take responsibility at all.

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Nicolle Wallace showed that ad today, then followed it up with this:

 

WALLACE: It's tape like that, those clips of Donald Trump in his own words at official public events, that represent either Donald Trump telling deliberate lies or showcasing a gross misunderstanding of what a pandemic is, that have his allies people like Lindsey Graham very worried today. 

 

According to The New York Times, Graham says, quote, "I told him your opponent is no longer Joe Biden, it's the virus." 

 

And Lindsey Graham is not alone. The Times adds, Mr. Trump's re-election campaign, staff members have closely monitored internal polling data that shows an erosion of the gains Mr. Trump made immediately after he put social distancing guidelines in place. Advisers are torn between knowing that a less abrasive approach would help Mr. Trump, and their awareness that he can't tolerate criticism, regardless of the setting.

His allies are worried? Good. Lindsey Graham is shitting his pants? Excellent. I hope every single one of those enabling Republican sons-of-bitches have to wear diapers 24/7 because they are terrified of the next word that comes out of the monster they elevated to destroy this government and the people who live in this nation.

Advisors are torn? They their boss doesn't like criticism? Boo-fucking-hoo. How many of them voted to have him removed from office when they had the chance?

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Burr might be the first of many members of Congress to face such lawsuits, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.



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