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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:22 AM Jan 2018

Hint that Bannon wants a deal with Mueller?

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/bannon-strikes-deal-with-mueller-to-avoid-grand-jury-testimony-in-trump-russia-probe/

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Just in: Steve Bannon struck a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and will be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before the grand jury, a person familiar with the process said (via @KaraScannell)

Bannon’s attorney told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that the former Breitbart News chief and White House official would openly speak with Mueller because executive privilege would not apply.

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Now what would Bannon tell Mueller that he doesn't want a grand jury to hear...

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Hint that Bannon wants a deal with Mueller? (Original Post) DetlefK Jan 2018 OP

D'Oh!! Chasstev365 Jan 2018 #1

Bannon has flipped. bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #2

On the surface, that seems to be the only move he has left. Iggo Jan 2018 #7

Bannon is unpredictable. MineralMan Jan 2018 #3

Mueller will do what it takes to spear the big fish. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #4

Bannon is only in it for Bannon Lithos Jan 2018 #5

Ah, But Here's The Rub ChoppinBroccoli Jan 2018 #8

i remain convinced that bannon flipped a while ago, and unblock Jan 2018 #6

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

1. D'Oh!!

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:24 AM

Jan 2018

This could spell doom from the Trump Crime family!

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

2. Bannon has flipped.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:26 AM

Jan 2018

Iggo

(47,563 posts)

7. On the surface, that seems to be the only move he has left.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:58 AM

Jan 2018

Fired from the White House.

Fired from Breitbart.

Seemingly unaccepted apology.

Dude's run out of friends, and that's a prosecutors wet dream.

MineralMan

(146,324 posts)

3. Bannon is unpredictable.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:31 AM

Jan 2018

This might lead to him spilling his guts for Mueller, or it could lead to a 5th Amendment shut-out. I can't predict. Bannon is a loose cannon.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

4. Mueller will do what it takes to spear the big fish.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:34 AM

Jan 2018

i.e. if he needs to make a plea deal with Bannon, so be it.

Lithos

(26,403 posts)

5. Bannon is only in it for Bannon

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:46 AM

Jan 2018

Given that he also likes chaos - this can easily be a win-win for him. I do not see much of a down-side for Mueller.

Also, given Olberman's earlier statement, I think this is also theatrics to cover his commitment to flipping.

L-

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)

8. Ah, But Here's The Rub

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 12:12 PM

Jan 2018

If he's offered immunity, he CAN'T take the Fifth. OR if he enters his plea BEFORE he's asked to testify under oath (which in this case, he almost certainly would), he also can't take the Fifth.

unblock

(52,285 posts)

6. i remain convinced that bannon flipped a while ago, and

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 11:56 AM

Jan 2018

that was the reason he was excommunicated.

donnie didn't just dump him (which he's done to others), he spread the word in republican circles that he was persona non grata (which he has not done to others).

to me this smells an awful lot like a response to betrayal, and betrayal far beyond simply calling him a "f*cking moron".

my guess has been that he was trashed because they found out he flipped. maybe he was wearing a wire and got caught.

in any event, my guess is that he flipped some time before he got the sack.

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