Posted originally on the CTH on June 12, 2024 | Sundance
Steven Bannon is the former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to President Donald Trump. Mr Bannon currently hosts The War Room podcast on Rumble and is very familiar to CTH readers.
Steve Bannon was subpoenaed by the politically motivated J6 Committee, then referred for criminal prosecution when he refused to comply with their demands citing “executive privilege.” After a political trial and DC conviction, last week a federal judge instructed Bannon to report to prison on July 1st to begin his 4-month sentence for the misdemeanor crime of refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. The entire background is completely enmeshed in political targeting.
Tucker Carlson discusses the upcoming prison sentence with Steve Bannon. WATCH:
Posted originally on Jun 8, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
I have returned from a two-week tour in Europe, and I can tell you that both the LEFT and RIGHT in European governments are appalled at this trial that Trump has been subjected to especially after I wrote to explain that Juan Manuel Merchan is not an actual judge but is only a prosecutor “ACTING” as a judge. Most curious, since Merchan is NOT a formal judge and is ONLY an acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court in New York County, this raises serious questions given his clear conflicts of interest. How did a former prosecutor become not just an ACTING judge but also be assigned to this case? New York City is a cesspool of corruption dating back to the days when the Mafia installed their judges to rule the city.
This is not just a possible rigged proceeding; it is also UNCONSTITUTIONAL insofar as the alleged crime is a federal crime when this ACTING JUDGE has no subject matter jurisdiction in a state court to preside over a federal crime. This is smelling increasingly like a political hit job to interfere in the 2024 election.
Acting Judge Merchan has now emailed both sides in this UNCONSTITUTIONAL “Hush Money” Business Records Felony Case of Donald Trump, alerting them to a potential problem with the Jury. Merchan sent an email notifying both sides that Jurors are not permitted to commence deliberations until AFTER the case ends. They were also not to discuss the case with each other or with outsiders prior to the case ending.
This Judge needs an escape route, for I can confirm institutions are getting out of NYC because of this case. Merchan now informs that almost ALL the jurors in the Trump trial broke those two instructions from the court not to discuss the case. Apparently, one Juror told his cousin that “Trump is getting convicted” one day before the conviction took place unless they all discussed the case and decided before it was over.
Here is Merchan’s letter to both parties. It is brief and notifies them of a comment posted to the New York State Court System’s Facebook page.
“Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page and which I now bring to your attention. In the comment, the user, ‘Michael Anderson,’ states: ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted. Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!”
“The comment, now labeled as one week old, responded to a routine UCS notice, posted on May 29, 2024, regarding oral arguments” in an unrelated case in the court’s Appellate Division, Merchan wrote.
The Manhattan jury voted unanimously on May 31 – two days after that – to convict the former president of falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump is the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Clearly, this is a mistrial. The BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION is, will this judge dismiss the case now because it was clearly for political purposes when Bill Clinton paid $850,000 to silence also a sexual allegation compared to $130,000 for Stormy Daniels?
Merchan is now in a dark room historically and is trying to find the door, which is the emergency exit for the way out, but the sign is not lit. This is his escape exit =- but will he take it? Trump could NEVER get a fair trial in New York City – they do not exist! The polls have not turned against Trump, and he has used this to demonstrate that Biden has weaponized the law to try to hold on to power for the Neocons. They know they cannot use this pretend conviction, especially now, as a talking point. If anything, this PROVES that Trump can NEVER get a fair trial in NYC, Washington DC, or Georgia. Even in the Florida case, this also UNCONSTITUTIONALLY appointed Special Prosecutor who is not a prosecutor, not sanctioned or reviewed by Congress, and unsupervised by the DOJ, indicted Trump for the Florida case using a Washington DC Grand Jury. The Sixth Amendment states you must be charged where the crime occurred – that is, Florida – not Washington, DC. –“WHICH DISTRICT SHALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASCERTAINED BY LAW”
The entire purpose of the Sixth Amendment was that the King would indict you in England for a crime he alleged took place in the Colonies. You would be taken to London in chains, thrown in prison, starved, and then put on trial in England, where the jury was already prejudiced against Colonists as New York City was against Trump. This is what has to be gutted. The government should NEVER be able to bring criminal charges – EVER, except for acts directly against the government. All other “crimes” between two private people should be off-limits!!!!
That was the Magna Carta, and when the King was forced to end his tyranny of fining people for revenue, that is when he changed the law to still get fines. He transformed a private dispute “disturbed his peace” and reinstituted his tyranny as we are witnessing today against Trump. Even in the case of the assets, the prosecutors, NOT THE BANKS, alleged that Trump overvalued his assets to reduce his interest costs. Who was the pretend victim? The banks said they were fine. Once again, we must end this reign of legal terrorism, which has always surfaced and stained the legal system with perpetual LEGAL PERSECUTION. It is time for a change.
Posted originally on the CTH on June 7, 2024 | Sundance
There’s just something very sketchy about this public release of information from Judge Merchan in New York City. Merchan doesn’t have an integrity bone and the comment he is bringing attention toward is innocuous and random. However, Merchan could be trying to get Trump to violate the gag order aspect and talk about jurors; thereby making the sentencing worse.
According to information Merchan is providing the lawyers in the Trump case, a comment was made on the court’s FaceBook page indicating one of the jurors said the Trump guilty verdict was predetermined. [SOURCE] “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted. Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!”
Why would Judge Merchan want to draw public attention to this?
Either something bigger is being diluted by this story, or perhaps Merchan is using it as a provocation to get Trump to talk about the jury and violate his gag order ahead of sentencing.
Or, perhaps Merchan is looking to create a mistrial to exit the case, or do it over again and extend the gag order. Also, why not include the entire quote from the Facebook Page:
Not sure what’s going on, but something. Something….
Posted originally on Jun 7, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The Supreme Court has 28 decisions still remaining, and there are a lot of really important cases that will shape history. The next opinion day will be June 13; this 2023-2024 term ends on June 28th. Buried within these 28 cases is the only one regarding deference to agencies known as the Chevron decision. Many hope that will be overruled, which will be a victory for the private sector, as well as the rulings on the abortion pill mifepristone. However, the political game changer will be former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity. The court heard oral arguments in Trump v. United States on April 25.
It’s going to be a real legal mess, to say the least. I noticed that we had a Directional Change show up for announcement day – June 13th. That is very unusual, for it is the FIRST time I have ever seen the computer highlight on a Supreme Court announcement day. The Panic Cycle on the 17th is also showing up in the Euro.
However, the FOMC meeting at the Federal Reserve is on the 11-12th. When we look at the 30-year bond, we can see a Panic Cycle and a Directional Change for the 12th. The computer has been able to forecast even FOMC meetings. Interestingly, we also have a panic cycle showing up on the 12th in some European markets. Add to this mess, we have the EU elections on June 9th.
The decision, especially on the Trump Immunity case, may have the biggest impact. Many people thought that the Supreme Court would remand it and instruct the district court to parse what is and what is not an official act. If the Supreme Court was going to do that, it would have a quick decision. This opens the door to two possibilities.
(1) The court will state that Trump has virtually absolute immunity. That is probably the wisest decision that would wipe out all cases against Trump. If this is NOT done, then there will be a very dangerous precedent, and you can bet that denying that immunity to Trump can then be used against Biden and even Obama if he intervenes in the current election. Granting virtual absolute immunity will save the USA from weaponizing the DOJ and transforming the nation into a banana republic. You can bet WHATEVER they have done to Trump, the other side will do to Biden et al.
(2) The Special Prosecutor has NO jurisdiction to do what he is doing. He was not appointed by Congress nor confirmed. He was a special appointment by the DOJ, and he actually does not even fall under prosecutorial immunity himself. That would be a valid decision that would end the Washington and Florida cases.
Posted originally on the CTH on June 6, 2024 | Sundance
Steve Bannon is appealing a contempt of Congress indictment and guilty verdict based on an executive privilege defense. Today Mr. Bannon was told to report to federal jail July 1st to begin his 4-month prison sentence.
Following the ruling from the judge, Steve Bannon and his lawyers spoke to the assembled media pool. WATCH:
Posted originally on the CTH on June 5, 2024 | Sundance
It looks like the Lawfare case against President Donald Trump is not going to happen prior to the election. Considering that Fani Willis met with Mary McCord prior to filing this case against Trump, we can directly trace the origin of the Georgia case to congress and the White House.
The appellate court in Georgia is currently reviewing the professional conduct of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. As the court is deciding whether to disqualify Ms. Willis from the cases (very likely), the court has suspended all further action by Fulton County against any of the defendants.
The Lawfare community (McCord, Weissmann, Eisen and MSNBC, CNN et al) are apoplectic at this decision by the court.
WASHINGTON – A Georgia appeals court has halted all pretrial proceedings in Donald Trump’s Atlanta-based criminal case while a three-judge panel considers whether to disqualify the lead prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The order issued Wednesday effectively confirms that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and more than a dozen codefendants — charging them with an attempt to corrupt Georgia’s 2020 election results — will not come before a jury in 2024.
The case had already seemed like a longshot to go to trial before this year’s presidential election, with a long list of complicated pretrial matters still pending before Judge Scott McAfee. The Georgia appeals court order blocks McAfee from advancing those issues while Trump and other defendants mount an appeal over allegations of ethical lapses by Willis. That appeal is scheduled for oral arguments on Oct. 4, with a decision from the appellate court likely to take several months after that.
For Trump, it’s another vindication of his well-worn strategy to delay his criminal cases until after the election. If he prevails in November, he’s unlikely to face the Georgia case until 2029 — if at all — because many legal experts believe a state cannot constitutionally prosecute a sitting president. As president, Trump would also have the power to unravel the other two languishing criminal cases against him, both brought by special counsel Jack Smith. (read more)
Posted originally on the CTH on June 4, 2024 | Sundance
Congressman Matt Gaetz seemingly cuts across the UniParty grain at key moments; perhaps today is another example. The better part of good public questioning is not just what question is asked, but also how the question is asked.
The back-and-forth questioning does not need to be performative to be substantial, it only needs to express the same frame of mind that a viewer would have on the subject matter. If your gut has a sense about an issue and the questioner conveys that same gut-level sentiment honestly, it puts the person being questioned into a non-pretending corner.
AG Merrick Garland says it’s a “dangerous conspiracy theory” to allege that the Department of Justice is communicating with state and local prosecutions against Trump. But former senior DOJ official Matthew Colangelo was appointed Senior Counsel to District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to “get Trump” – as detailed in Mark Pomerantz’s book. Congressman Matt Gaetz asks the non-pretending version of the questions. WATCH:
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There should be no respect granted to a U.S Attorney General who disrespects the intelligence of the American people. They work for us, we should all focus on remembering that.
Posted originally on Jun 5, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
In 1920 the world watched as candidates Eugene and Debs fought for the title of President of the United States. Eugene Victor Debs of the Socialist Party was found guilty of violating the Sedition Act during the Great War and was sentenced to 10 year imprisonment. Debs was nominated as his party’s candidate in 1920 despite being behind bars.
From his prison cell in Atlanta, Georgia, Debs campaigned with the help of speakers and messengers acting on his behalf. This was obviously far more difficult, given the technology of the time. Still, Debs won over 1 million votes or 3.4% of the popular vote. His imprisonment became a part of his campaign strategy and he even used his inmate number 9653 on campaign merchandise and flyers to remind the people of the cause he sacrificed his freedom for.
More recently, in 1992, Lyndon LaRouche campaigned from prison where he was serving a fifteen year sentence for conspiracy against the IRS. Like Debs, LaRouche used his inmate number as part of his campaign. He lost the Democratic Party nomination to Bill Clinton but garnered much attention due to his notoriety.
The US Constitution does not prohibit a citizen from seeking election if they are incarcerated or have a felony. Article II, Section 1, states:
"No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States."
The Founding Fathers never addressed the matter. Trump’s team has said that he will seek re-election despite any barrier put before him. However, he will face difficulties. Trump would be unable to travel, attend debates like the one that Biden finally promised to do, or campaign in person. He would need to rely on proxies to carry out his campaigning efforts on his behalf, and given the widespread support, he would find no issue in doing so. The real issue is that the establishment simply cannot risk a Trump presidency, and they will do everything and anything to prevent him from leading America.
Posted originally on Jun 5, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The rigged judicial system has selected a jury for Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial who are truly a group of his peers. The 54-year-old First Son pleaded not guilty to lying about his crack cocaine abuse when purchasing a firearm. He later had his brother’s ex-wife and former affair partner discard that weapon in public near a school, but she is not facing charges for that simple mistake. Hunter is looking at three felony charges related to this single incident, as no one is prosecuting him for the numerous crimes found on his Laptop From Hell or the blatant misuse of his father’s political standing when conducting business in China and Ukraine.
“Addiction may not be a choice, but lying and buying a gun is a choice,” Hunter’s lawyer stated in his opening comments. “We would not be here today if he was just a drug addict.” There is photographic evidence on his laptop of him using drugs. He wrote a book entitled, “Beautiful Things,” in which he admits to being addicted to crack cocaine during the time he purchased the firearm. There was a voicemail found from his father a few days before Hunter purchased the gun, asking him to get help. The evidence against him is overwhelming.
Who has the liberal justice system appointed to judge Hunter? They all happen to have ties to the liberal party and/or would be extremely sympathetic to anyone facing charges due to drug usage. One juror had a childhood best friend die from a heroin overdose, while another had a brother-in-law die from alcoholism, and the juror believes it is a “disease.” A third juror had a brother arrested for possessing narcotics and his father was shot dead. A fourth juror admitted to having a brother who is addicted to both heroin and PCP. One woman on the jury was actually in the Secret Service, and her husband still serves in the Secret Service. You really cannot make this stuff up. One young juror has a DUI charge, while another said that marijuana use should not prevent someone from owning a firearm. The alternate juror had donated to the Obama campaign.
This gun charge is nothing compared to what Hunter Biden has done regarding state secrets, but those crimes were committed with the help of “the Big Guy” and won’t see the light of day in a courtroom.
Donald Trump has a jury of people who the courts knew would never sympathize with him. He was convicted on 34 separate felony cases related to hush money. Thirty-four charges. We clearly have a two-tiered justice system where those in the establishment are simply above the law.
Posted originally on Jun 4, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The left has weaponized politics, jailing one’s political opponent is no longer a figure of speech in America. The corrupt New York courts found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying records. Donald Trump had said that not even Mother Teresa could have beaten the charges filed against him. The former president is now accepting his fate while amassing a larger following.
“I’m OK with it,” Trump told Fox in regards to possibly serving time. “‘Oh no, you don’t want to do that to the president.’ I said: You don’t beg for anything,’” he replied. However, the blatant attack on Trump, denying Americans the right to choose their next leader, has only led to an increase in his popularity. Trump is willing to serve time, however, he does not believe the American people will allow that to happen without massive civil unrest. “I don’t think the public would stand it. I’m not sure the public would stand for it. “I think it would be tough for the public to take, you know, at a certain point, there’s a breaking point,” Trump said.
Could this be the breaking point for Americans who can no longer stand living under the oppressive Biden-Harris regime? Our models are predicting worldwide panic cycles in July. We are seeing panic cycles erupt this July, not just in America, but across Asia and Europe as well. Trump’s sentencing will be on July 11 at 10 AM ET. He is facing up to four years imprisonment for each charge with a maximum sentence of 20 years. They conveniently planned the sentencing days before the Republican National Convention where Trump was expected to be nominated as the party’s candidate. While many experts believe he will not face jail time, the New York courts could sentence him to probation or house arrest to prevent any campaigning efforts.
They want to humilate him, but the public perception has turned in his favor. The MAGA extremists, the alleged most dangerous threat to our country, have held peaceful protests and managed to raised over $200 million within the first three days of his conviction. His campaign created a TikTok account for the president that amassed over 1.1 million followers within the first 10 hours. In contrast, Biden has only 335,000 followers and has had an active account since February, showing that even the youth are supporting Trump.
This may be the catalyst that begins a contagion across the world. People everywhere are waking up from their COVID daze and realizing that their elected officials have turned their nations into dictatorships led by a globalist cabal that is swiftly ripping away our liberties. If they could do this to a former president, how much control do they have over you or I?
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