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[ [link removed] ]Tell the DOJ to investigate Bannon's role in the insurrection! Sign now >>

People For Member,

On January 5, Steve Bannon – the architect of Trump’s political movement –
told his podcast audience, “All hell will break loose tomorrow.”

Bannon continued: “So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in a revolution I
would be in Washington.’ Well, this is your time in history.”^[1]

The next day, pro-Trump, far-right extremists attacked the U.S. Capitol
building and tried to stop, on behalf of Donald Trump, the certification
of the 2020 presidential election.

Bannon seemed to know that something was going to happen. The question,
now, is how much he knew – and how deeply he was involved in both the
incitement and execution of that attack.

[ [link removed] ]Urge the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Steve Bannon’s
involvement in instigating the January 6 insurrection! >>

What Bannon said on his podcast was just the tip of the iceberg. Brand new
reporting by Right Wing Watch’s Adele M. Stan published in The New
Republic details how Bannon’s activities in the weeks leading up to
January 6 dovetailed with those of the organizers of the insurrection, and
how Bannon’s rhetoric and actions indicate that he could have played a key
role in instigating the attack.

Among those playing organizing roles were Bannon associates Jack Posobiec,
Raheem Kassam and Ali Alexander, a key “Stop the Steal” organizer, and
Bannon solicited donations to the bail fund for Enrique Tarrio, leader of
the Proud Boys who was arrested upon his arrival in D.C. for weapons
possession and burning a Black Lives Matter flag. Additionally, Trump’s
rhetoric during the January 6 rally on the Ellipse, which jump-started the
attack on the Capitol, directly parroted the false claims Bannon had been
peddling for weeks on his podcast.

It’s clear that Steve Bannon played a role in the events leading up to the
insurrection and we deserve to know the full truth about who was involved!

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to support an investigation into how deep Bannon’s
involvement went! >>

Even Trump seemed to know Bannon had been involved in potentially illegal
activity, since after multiple phone calls between the two, Bannon
received a pardon from Trump just days before he departed office.^[2]

As the Department of Justice continues to probe those who were involved in
the violent insurrection, they must look into Bannon’s activities in the
weeks leading up to the insurrection. If he was involved in inciting the
attack in any way, he should face consequences for his actions.

[ [link removed] ]Sign now to support a DOJ investigation into Bannon >>

In unity,

Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate

 

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[1] [ [link removed] ]“Insurrectionist in Chief: How Steve Bannon led the vanguard of the
Capitol riots.” (The New Republic, 03/10/2021.)

[2] [ [link removed] ]“Will Bannon’s Pardon Help Donald Trump? (Trump Sure Hopes So.)”
(Right Wing Watch, 01/21/2021.)

 


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