The Daily Blast
Why MAGA’s Eruption of Rage at Bannon’s Jail Sentence Is So Alarming
As a judge orders Steve Bannon to surrender to prison, a lawyer for the Jan. 6 committee explains why the furious MAGA reaction sends ominous signals about the dangers of a second Trump term.
A judge just ordered longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to surrender to prison on July 1st after his conviction for defying the Jan. 6th committee’s subpoena. Not surprisingly, Trump and MAGA have already exploded in rage. Making this worse, Bannon is one of the leading pro-Trump figures calling on Trump to jail Democrats without cause if he wins the White House—and Bannon’s jail time will only fuel that mania. We talked to Eric Columbus, a lawyer who represented the Jan. 6th committee, about the alarming signals this sends about the perils of a second Trump presidency. Listen to this episode here.
