- Steve Bannon fumed on his podcast over Trump facing an indictment over the Capitol riot.
- Bannon raged at the possibility, even threatening Attorney General Merrick Garland with impeachment.
- "Fuck — screw the White House. We're going to impeach you and everybody in the DOJ," Bannon said.
Former Trump adviser and conservative figure Steve Bannon melted down on his podcast over the possibility of a Trump indictment in connection with January 6.
Attorney Ron Filipkowski posted a clip of Bannon from Bannon's "War Room: Pandemic" podcast in which the Trump ally raged at the possibility that Trump might face an indictment in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot, and threatened Attorney General Merrick Garland with impeachment.
"Trump won the presidency. And he is the legitimate president of the United States, and your guy's illegitimate and the American people are awakening to that," Bannon said, parroting the former president's groundless conspiracy theories of widespread voter fraud.
"We don't care what you have to say. And I dare Merrick Garland to take that crap there last night and try to indict Donald J. Trump," Bannon said, referencing the first of six hearings on the January 6 riot.
"We dare you because we will impeach you. We're winning in November and we're gonna impeach you and everybody around you. Fuck — screw the White House. We're going to impeach you and everybody in the DOJ," he added.
The January 6 Committee's members say that the panel has uncovered enough evidence to indict Trump for trying to invalidate President Joe Biden's win. Democratic lawmaker Rep. Adam Schiff said on ABC News on Sunday that he "would like to see the Justice Department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity" on Trump's part.
As for Bannon, a report published by The Atlantic last week cast doubt on whether or not the political strategist truly believes Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud. Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg told the outlet Bannon only parroted Trump's election fraud conspiracy theories to get a presidential pardon. Bannon did indeed secure a pardon from Trump as one of the latter's last acts in office. At the time, he was facing fraud charges linked to the "We Build the Wall" online fundraising campaign.
Bannon was himself in November formally charged by the DOJ after his noncompliance with a subpoena handed down from the House panel investigating the Capitol riot. He is expected to go on trial in Washington, DC, next month, and is facing two criminal charges of contempt of Congress.