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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:09 PM Aug 2016

*****BREAKING***** Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case .





Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed, according to a police report and court documents.
The Santa Monica, Calif., police report says that Bannon’s then-wife claimed he pulled at her neck and wrist during an altercation over their finances, and an officer reported witnessing red marks on her neck and wrist to bolster her account. Bannon also reportedly smashed the phone when she tried to call the police.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/steve-bannon-domestic-violence-case-police-report-227432#ixzz4IOsaQkxn
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*****BREAKING***** Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case . (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 OP
Disgusting bluestateguy Aug 2016 #1
Odds on Bannon lasting to the end of the campaign? sarcasmo Aug 2016 #2
100% DURHAM D Aug 2016 #3
Meh, Melania is fast approaching her sell-by date. calimary Aug 2016 #6
Don't feel bad for her - old rich republicans are a dime a dozen womanofthehills Aug 2016 #10
Honestly I think Melania is a vicious hypocrite who enables an abuser of women by excusing anneboleyn Aug 2016 #14
Melania is finding out ImaPolitico Aug 2016 #18
I'd guess she'd probably relish getting out of the spotlight. calimary Aug 2016 #19
I think he will be out in an "official" capacity as this news spreads. He will of course still work anneboleyn Aug 2016 #11
At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if he gets the boot Lsantos04 Aug 2016 #15
About as good as... czarjak Aug 2016 #16
People who have worked with him madaboutharry Aug 2016 #4
California? Don't tell me he is from here. Iliyah Aug 2016 #5
Yeah, no shit. YUCK!!! calimary Aug 2016 #7
LOL ReRe Aug 2016 #9
Naw, he was born in Virginia, and went to VA Tech. However, he joined the Navy and was 4lbs Aug 2016 #8
Between this revelation, the KKK ad, and Clinton's speech Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #12
That guy has "drunk" written all over him... nt. Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #13
+1. N/t Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #17
I was just going to post that he looks like a lush and a mean one at that. hedda_foil Aug 2016 #20
Its really creepy how much he looks like Healy from OITNB phleshdef Aug 2016 #21
What does that lapel pin stand for? n/t Raven Aug 2016 #22
It says the case was dismissed democrattotheend Aug 2016 #23

calimary

(80,700 posts)
6. Meh, Melania is fast approaching her sell-by date.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:27 PM
Aug 2016

I feel kinda bad for her, actually. She's 46. Close to aging out. Expect her to be dismissed soon. Certainly AFTER the general election. She may have another couple of years for so, but I doubt she'll go the distance.

womanofthehills

(8,584 posts)
10. Don't feel bad for her - old rich republicans are a dime a dozen
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:43 PM
Aug 2016

Actually, she will probably find a nicer old rich republican.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
14. Honestly I think Melania is a vicious hypocrite who enables an abuser of women by excusing
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 12:17 AM
Aug 2016

his behavior as "they get what's coming to them." In her view, which she has stated repeatedly, Trump doesn't criticize anyone unfairly, anyone who doesn't criticize him (poor, vulnerable Drumpf) first. Yeah, riiiiight. So the women Trump called hideous names, publicly ridiculed, hounded incessantly, etc all deserved it according to Melania's deeply disturbing, abuser-enabling language.

Melania enables his abuse of women, and she is married to this billionaire abuser. Whatever their prenup stated she would be handsomely provided for in a divorce and very likely have custody of Barron, which will mean more $$$ (as "great father" Trump never cared about custody all that much). I have no idea why anyone finds her sympathetic.

ImaPolitico

(150 posts)
18. Melania is finding out
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:14 AM
Aug 2016

a lot about her racist husband she never knew before. Melania should high tail it out of that marriage so fast, head back to Italy and/or France where she lived before, find a wonderful husband who would give her the respect she so desires. Respect is what she wants. She admires Michele Obama and the family life she has.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
19. I'd guess she'd probably relish getting out of the spotlight.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:25 AM
Aug 2016

She's a model so she'd certainly been around cameras. But THIS is ridiculous! Probably WAY more than she bargained for.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
11. I think he will be out in an "official" capacity as this news spreads. He will of course still work
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:52 PM
Aug 2016

for Drumpf behind the scenes since the shameless Bannon made Breitbart into the all-Trump-all-the-time "news" site.

 

Lsantos04

(48 posts)
15. At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if he gets the boot
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 12:26 AM
Aug 2016

I mean, Hillary's speech pretty much exposed Bannon for the bigoted moron that he is. Stuff like this only hurts Trump even more, and puts pressure on him to dismiss Bannon from his current job.
God, what a clusterfuck the Trump campaign really is.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
7. Yeah, no shit. YUCK!!!
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:29 PM
Aug 2016

But then again, that vile schmuck Andrew Breitbart keeled over dead here in So Cal. I know the general area where it happened but not the specific spot. If I did, I'd take some sacred sage and do a brief smudging ceremony there, to purify any remaining bad vibes.

4lbs

(6,756 posts)
8. Naw, he was born in Virginia, and went to VA Tech. However, he joined the Navy and was
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:35 PM
Aug 2016

stationed in Long Beach, California, with the Pacific Fleet on board the USS Paul F. Forster during the time in question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bannon


Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
12. Between this revelation, the KKK ad, and Clinton's speech
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 12:01 AM
Aug 2016

They are trying to knock Trump off balance. He's gone at least 5 days since a major tantrum, I think the dems are trying to provoke one. It will probably work too.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
23. It says the case was dismissed
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:45 PM
Aug 2016

Therefore, I will not assume guilt and I don't think anyone should. I have a problem with the way the media treats criminal charges as convictions even when the person is not convicted.

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