There Is Near Zero Historical Precedent For Biden DOJ Getting Steve Bannon Thrown In Jail

KATELYNN RICHARDSON, June 06, 2024

There’s almost no historical precedent for the Biden Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to have Steve Bannon serve time in jail for his conviction on contempt of Congress charges. After an appeals court upheld in May Bannon’s conviction on contempt of Congress charges for ignoring a Jan. 6 select committee subpoena, the DOJ asked the district court judge who initially issued Bannon’s four-month prison sentence to order him to report to prison. Judge Carl J. Nichols agreed Thursday, ending the hold on his nearly unprecedented sentence that had been in place during his appeal.

Bannon now must report to prison by July 1. Besides former President Donald Trump aide Peter Navarro, who is currently serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, one of the most recent historical precedents for such a sentence, dates to the Cold War, when a group of writers, directors and producers known as the “Hollywood Ten” were sentenced to jail time for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), according to the Washington Post.

The ten believed questions posed by the HUAC violated their First Amendment rights, but the House voted to hold them in contempt in November 1947 for refusing to state whether they were members of the Communist Party, according to Politico. Former Richard Nixon aideG. Gordon Liddy and former Nixon Attorney General Richard Kleindienst pleaded guilty to contempt of Congress charges but did not go to jail, according to the Washington Post.

“While there is a fair amount of precedent for lying to Congress, there is far less for people convicted of contempt of Congress,” John Malcolm, vice president for the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government and former deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Criminal Division, told the Daily Caller News Foundation in January.

Navarro, former trade advisor to Trump, was ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19, where he began his four-month sentence. After Navarro was indicted in June 2022, the FBI arrested him at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., when he was heading to a Nashville speaking engagement, according to Politico.Hunter Biden, who defied a congressional subpoena in December, choosing to hold a press conference on Capitol Hill rather than sit for his deposition, has not yet been found in contempt of Congress.

Criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Philip Holloway told the Daily Caller News Foundation in December thatthe law “must be applied equally or it has no meaning,” arguingHunter Biden should “be held to the same standard” as Bannon. The House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee voted in May to advance resolutions to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying their request to turn over audio recordings from special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden.

After the House voted to cite former President Barack Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in 2012, Holder faced no jail time, as the DOJ did not initiate criminal prosecution.

White House spokesmanJay Carneysaid at the time that it is“an established principle, dating back to the administration of President Ronald Reagan, that the Justice Department does not pursue prosecution in a contempt case when the president has asserted executive privilege,” according to CNN.

“We have had constitutional executive privilege for 250 years–going back to George Washington–so the President of the United States can receive candid, confidential advice from his advisors without fear their advice will get publicly aired before courts or Congress,” Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project, wrote Thursday on X. “President Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland have shamefully destroyed this, in their partisan quest to politicize and weaponize the Biden Justice Department to go after President Trump and his top aides.”

Bannon said Thursday outside the courthouse that there is “not a prison built or jail built that will ever shut me up.”“They’re not going to shut up Trump, they’re not going to shut up Navarro, they’re not going to shut up Bannon, and they’re certainly not going to shut up MAGA,” Bannon said. “There is nothing that can shut me up and there is nothing that will shut me up.”

https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/06/near-zero-historical-precedent-biden-doj-steve-bannon-jail/

Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Asks Supreme Court To Delay Prison Sentence

Steve Bannon Attends Court Hearing For Contempt Of Congress Convictions

KATELYNN RICHARDSON, CONTRIBUTOR, June 21, 2024

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon asked the Supreme Court Friday to delay his prison sentence.

A federal judge ordered Bannon to report to prison by July 1. Thursday night, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected 2-1 his bid to postpone the four-month sentence while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

“If Mr. Bannon is not granted continued release pending further appeal, he would likely be forced to serve his entire sentence before this Court could consider the important issues raised in his case, because his sentence would run during the Summer and Fall of 2024, during the Summer recess,” his attorneys told the Supreme Court in the emergency application Friday.

In May, the D.C. Circuit Court of appeals upheld Bannon’s conviction. Bannon’s attorneys have indicated they intend to appeal this ruling for an en banc rehearing or to the Supreme Court.

“There is also no denying the fact that the government seeks to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four-month period immediately preceding the November presidential election,” they continued. “There is no reason for that outcome in a case that presents substantial legal issues.”

Bannon’s attorneys noted the last time a jury convicted anyone on contempt of Congress charges was “fifty years ago,” making prosecutions “exceedingly rare.” They also said the Court should “be mindful of the government’s own conduct when it comes to congressional subpoenas.”

“Congress recently issued subpoenas to DOJ regarding Hunter Biden, yet DOJ instructed its Tax Division lawyers to refuse to comply,” his attorneys wrote.

“‘Jail for thee, not for me’ is hardly an acceptable position for the government.”

The Supreme Court requested the government’s response to Bannon’s application by Wednesday at 4 p.m.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/21/steve-bannon-ask-supreme-court-to-delay-prison-sentence/

“This Diary Can Absolutely Defeat Joe Biden This Year At The Election”: Noel Fritsch On Ashley Biden Journal

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Alito rails against White House in social media case dissent

Miranda Nazzaro Wed, June 26, 2024 at 11:19 a.m. EDT·3 min read

Justice Samuel Alito railed against the White House in a dissenting Supreme Court opinion Wednesday, accusing the Biden administration of leading a “campaign to coerce Facebook” when it attempted to moderate misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic on social media.

Joined by fellow conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, Alito dissented from his six colleagues in the majority who tossed lawsuits challenging the communications, finding the plaintiffs had no legal standing.

The majority opinion, authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett,avoided addressing the merits of the free speech issue. Alito, however, said it “shirks” the court’s duty. “For months, high-ranking Government officials placed unrelenting pressure on Facebook to suppress Americans’ free speech,” Alito wrote. “Because the Court unjustifiably refuses to address this serious threat to the First Amendment, I respectfully dissent.”

As Barrett read her opinion, Alito mainly looked down at a set of papers in front of him, with his head sometimes leaning on his hand. He did not read his dissent aloud from the bench. Like Alito, Thomas also looked down for the greater portion of the opinion reading and leaned his head on his hand at times. About halfway through Barrett’s reading, Thomas could be seen putting back on his glasses, reading papers in his hand and occasionally looking up and out into the courtroom.

Gorsuch was absent from the bench Wednesday.

The suit began when Republican state attorneys general and a group of private plaintiffs sued various agencies and officials in the Biden administration, arguing their urgings for social media platforms to take down content related to COVID-19, the 2020 election and other hot-button topics amounted to unconstitutional censorship.

“I assume that a fair portion of what social media users had to say about COVID-19 and the pandemic was of little lasting value,” Alito wrote in his dissent.“Some was undoubtedly untrue or misleading, and some may have been downright dangerous. But we now know that valuable speech was also suppressed.”

The Biden administration contended it was merely encouraging the platforms to moderate the content, so the communications didn’t cross the line into outright unconstitutional coercion.

Alito rejected that view in his dissent, insisting White House officials “browbeat” Facebook into deleting posts, and the platform’s response “resembled that of a subservient entity determined to stay in the good graces of a powerful taskmaster.”

“If the lower courts’ assessment of the voluminous record is correct, this is one of the most important free speech cases to reach this Court in years,”Alito wrote.

The courtroom audience was moderately filled, with most looking straight ahead at the justices.

The case was one of two decisions the Supreme Court handed down Wednesday — notably, neither one was a decision on former President Trump’s high-profile immunity claim. Michael Dreeben, a lawyer for special counsel Jack Smith’s team who argued the case, was present in the court audience, sitting in the second row of chairs.

It remains unclear if the court will finish its work by its self-imposed deadline of the last Friday in June. The justices have yet to hand down opinions in 12 argued cases this term, though additional opinions are expected Thursday and Friday morning.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/alito-rails-against-white-house-151947271.html

A sad day for America, I think Coney-Barret is the worst and a secret liberal, I think Kavanaugh is still afraid of him or his family being assassinated, but he’s pretty wishy washy on some decisions. They gave a win to the DS, it will only get worse from here since the 2024 election is upcoming.

Avlon wins competitive Democratic primary on Long Island

The former CNN anchor will face a tight general election that could help decide the makeup of the House.

John Avlon stands at a podium.

Former CNN anchor John Avlon won the Democratic primary in a battleground Long Island district on Tuesday. | Noam Galai/Getty Images for FairVote

By EMILY NGO and JOE ANUTA

06/25/2024 10:25 PM EDT

Updated: 06/25/2024 10:47 PM EDT

NEW YORK — Former CNN host John Avlon triumphed over chemist and professor Nancy Goroff on Long Island Tuesday, clinching the Democratic nomination to face off this fall against GOP Rep. Nick LaLota in a battleground district.

The primary in the suburbs east of New York City had devolved in recent weeks into a bitter battle between a newcomer in Avlon, who dominated local Democratic endorsements, and a second-time candidate in Goroff with connections in the district. Voters can expect another nasty race to come as Avlon targets LaLota for his support for and from former President Donald Trump.

“I’m not going to let Nick LaLota play the same old game we’ve seen here on Long Island, Suffolk County of pretending to be moderate at home and then voting MAGA in Washington,” Avlon said in his victory speech Tuesday.

Avlon, who had campaigned on a pledge to protect democracy and work across party lines, has insisted that his November race against LaLota will be more competitive than handicappers have acknowledged thus far. The seat in an economically diverse swath of eastern Long Island that former President Donald Trump would have narrowly carried. And LaLota, while still a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee target, is viewed as the least vulnerable of New York’s battleground Republicans.

Every seat is crucial, however, with the Empire State as a key to Democrats’ quest to win back the House majority. And the name recognition Avlon has from CNN and the skills he has honed as a commentator could be an asset to Democrats come fall.

LaLota, like Goroff, has already taken to portraying Avlon as a part-time resident of the Hamptons with too few ties to the community he seeks to represent. The Republican freshman especially delights in ridiculing Avlon for the times he said “in Long Island,” rather than the more colloquial “on Long Island.”

Goroff, who ran for the 1st Congressional District in 2020, had been eager for another shot to flip the seat. She loaned her campaign $1.2 million in the final month of the primary and went increasingly negative in her attacks on Avlon.

The organic chemist and community advocate insisted that the work she has done over the course of her career throughout Suffolk County made her better known to voters there.

While Goroff had key endorsements from EMILYs List, J Street, 314 Action Fund and others, it was Avlon who was the pick of local Democratic officials.

The author and former journalist had support from Reps. Tom Suozzi, Greg Meeks and Dan Goldman, and Long Island Democratic mainstays Jay Jacobs, the state party chair, and former Rep. Steve Israel.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/25/avlon-wins-competitive-dem-primary-on-long-island-00165002

Now we don't only have ex CIA in Congress, we have fake news representatives. We have some of the stupidest people in this country

>>21091723

Kek, nothing is ever erased!

>>21091704

after first couple of wishywashy votes, I thought she'd be a disaster, Kavanaugh somewhat has an excuse, but he's been wishy washy too

>>21091679

NO thx for reminding me, kek

>>21091672

I hope so but I just copied and pasted the article, yeah, I think you are right, these are just primaries, the finals come in Nov. It's still sickening people are so stupid to make decisions like this.

>>21091655

They all know it only made him stronger, and MAGA greater…. be careful what you wish for. KEK

>>21091600

no way to know the future unless you a psychic, but they are mostly wrong

>>21091558

that should make them like him more and get re-elected, KEK, what idiots run that country

>>21091492

that's excellent, but won't he just steal from other committents, he probably doesn't need a salary since the drug cartels have been paying him forever, GOOD JOB republicans, finally something

>>21091519

I wouldn't be around that Poop if you paid me, his vibes are creepy and I don't understand how can even be the Poop

>>21091547

I don't think it needs to be approved by Senate, the House has the sole power of the purse, and Kash threatened that to Wray until he sent the files they wanted over. It's not a law it's an authority in the House domain only.

The FDA has issued a nationwide recall hitting over 140 canned coffee brands

A major coffee manufacturer has recalled multiple brands due to potential contamination of a fatal neurotoxin

By Bruce Gil

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a national recall of certain coffee products over the risk of a potentially deadly contamination.

Snapchill, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based coffee manufacturer, recalled all of its canned coffee products due to the potential presence of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that can produce a fatal neurotoxin.

Nearly 300 canned coffee products from 147 brands are affected. The products range in sizes from 7oz to 12oz cans and have been distributed nationwide at retail stores and online.

The FDA said that Snapchill’s current manufacturing process could lead to the growth of botulinum toxin. The toxin, if ingested, can cause a rare form of food poison with symptoms that include general weakness, dizziness, double-vision, trouble speaking or swallowing, difficulty breathing, and constipation. Symptoms can appear from six hours to two weeks after someone eats food containing botulinum toxin.

The FDA warned consumers experiencing these symptoms to seek immediate medical attention.

So far no illnesses have been reported and Snapchill has said it’s unaware of any cases of their products actually containing botulinum toxin. The company is currently working with the agency to clear its manufacturing process.

The FDA recommends consumers who have recalled products to destroy them or return them for a full refund.

This summer, the FDA also issued a recall of several ice cream brands.

Here are the 147 coffee brands hit by the recall

41 & Change

Alchemy Roasting

Amavida

Baba Java Coffee

Bent Tree Coffee

Big Iron

Big Mouth Coffee

Big Shoulders

BKG

Black Acres

Black Nerd

Blind

Bold Bean

Bolt Coffee

Borealis

Brandywine

BRL

Broadsheet

Burwell

Cafe Ammi

Cape Cod Coffee

Carrier

Cerberus Coffee

Coffee Hound

Coffee N Clothes

Coffee Project NY

Color Coffee

Connect Coffee

Copper Horse

Coterie Coffee

Crankshaft Coffee

Cup to Cup

Dave’s Coffee

Dayglow

Daysol Coffee

Dead Sled

Doughnut Plant

Downeast Coffee

Dreamy

Driply

East End

Eclipse Coffee Roasters

Electro Brew Coffee Co.

Element Coffee

Emergency Medical Coffee

Enderly

Euphoria Coffee

Farmhouse

Fazenda

Fika

Fire Grounds

First Crack C/O Sound Coffee

Five & Hoek

Five Star Roasters

Flight

Gay Awakening Coffee

George Howell

Gigawatt

Goldberry Roasting Company

Gooseneck Coffee Co.

Gryphon Coffee

Heady Cup

Heart Coffee

Heine Bros

Helm

Honest Coffee

Hustle N’ Grind

Intelligentsia

Joe Bean

Kahawa 1893

Kaldi’s

Kawaha 1893

Knowledge Perk

Kribi Coffee

Kuva Coffee

La Cosecha

Lanna Coffee

Larrys Coffee

Little Wolf

Ludwig

Mad Priest

Madcap Coffee

Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters

Medici

Metric

Mighty Good Coffee Co.

Mocha Joe

Molon Labe

Mudd LLC

Neighbor Coffee

New Hampshire Coffee Roasters

Northern Coffeeworks

OFFSET Coffee

Others Coffee

Opus Coffee

Oye Coffee

Paper Plane Coffee Co

Peaks Coffee Co

Perkatory

Perla

Pettibone

Pink Elephant

Play Coffee

Quartertone Coffee

QUIVR

Rabble & Lion

Radial Coffee

Ragged

Rarebird

Red Rooster

Retrograde Coffee

Rock City

Rockford Coffee

Rusty Dog

Sacred Grounds

Saltwater

Seaworthy Coffee

Sepia Coffee

Shirazi Dist.

Slacktide

Sleeping Giant Coffee Roasters

Slow Bloom Coffee

Snowy Owl

Southeastern Roastery

Spot Coffee

Springline

Square One Coffee

Stack St.

Summit Coffee

Sur Coffee

The Boy & The Bear

The Well Coffeehouse

Three Tree Coffee Roaster

Tinker

Tipico

Touchy Coffee

Traction

True Love Coffee Co.

Underwood

Upshot

Verb

Victoria Coffee

Vivid

Waypost

White Bison

White Rhino

Wild Goose Coffee

https://qz.com/fda-coffee-recall-1851562116

>>21091947

Does anyone believe the FDA now, it seems like its specialty coffee and not regular name brands

>>21091956

I bet the big brands are trying to get rid of the small producers and the company got paid a lot to release this. FDA can never be trusted after covid bullshit and shots

The FDA has issued a nationwide recall of over 13 ice cream brands

A major ice cream manufacturer has recalled multiple brands due to possible listeria contaminationWhy is it never the BIG BRAND NAMES?

By Bruce Gil

Totally Cool, an Owings Mills, Maryland-based manufacturer of ice cream products, on Monday recalled all its ice cream products due to potential contamination of listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious infections.

In total, over 60 products including pints, ice cream cakes, and ice cream sandwiches are affected. The products have been distributed nationwide and were sold in retail stores and via direct delivery.

Here are the 13 ice cream brands being recalled

Friendly’s

Abilyn’s Frozen Bakery

Hershey’s Ice Cream

Yelloh!

Jeni’s (ice cream sandwiches)

Cumberland Farms

The Frozen Farmer

Marco

ChipWich

AMAFruits

Taharka

Dolcezza Gelato

LaSalle

The FDA has published a list of all date and plant information on the impacted products. Customers are able to return affected products where they purchased them for a full refund.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious listeriosis infections in young children, elderly people, and people with weakened immune systems. The FDA warned that listeria infections could cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Totally Cool has halted the production and distribution of the affected products after an FDA sampling discovered the presence of the bacteria.

Even among healthy people, a listeria infection can lead to symptoms including high fever, headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

An estimated 1,600 people in the United States get listeriosis ever year with about 260 annual fatalities, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The FDA says no illness have been reported in connection with the contamination. The agency said it is taking preventative actions and its investigation is ongoing.

https://qz.com/ice-cream-recall-listeria-fda-1851560094

>>21091981

Next the FDA and other agencies will need to kill a million more chickens and cattle

YES DO ITFair is Fair

More and more congressmen are rallying behind Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's move to hold the lawless Merrick Garland in INHERENT CONTEMPT of congress. Here's Missouri Congressman Mark Alford dropping FACTS:

"Both criminal and civil contempt rely on the executive branch for enforcement, which clearly is not going to happen in this case…inherent contempt allows Congress to detain and try individuals who defy our subpoenas."

This movement is gaining momentum. Let's go!

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1806044838531666311

>>21092022

When Republicans finally start fighting back, a lot of the bs in congress and senate will go away. I'd love to see Garland in the jail under the Capital, that's why they built it.

>>21092022

BTW Kash told them about withholding salaries of agency leaders very early on if they didn't comply, he called it fencing the money until they do comply. I think Luna found the law inherent contempt, what a smart woman