Steve Bannon on Sixty Minutes: Comey Firing the Biggest Mistake in ‘Modern Political History’ - Polidicks

[IMG]https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/11/us/11DC-BANNON01/11DC-BANNON01-master768.jpg[/IMG] [quote]WASHINGTON — In his first extended interview since he left the White House last month, Stephen K. Bannon was unsparing in his criticism: calling out top Republicans, West Wing staff, the “pearl-clutching mainstream media,” special counsel investigators and the Roman Catholic Church. He even singled out President Trump, labeling his firing of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, the biggest mistake in “modern political history.” Pressed by the interviewer, Charlie Rose, Mr. Bannon said that had Mr. Comey not been fired, the Justice Department investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference would not have been handed over to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. “We would not have the Mueller investigation and the breadth that clearly Mr. Mueller is going for,” Mr. Bannon said. Mr. Mueller is said to be investigating whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice in firing Mr. Comey. The assertion, made in an online-only segment of a wide-ranging “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday night, was perhaps the most extraordinary of many criticisms made by Mr. Bannon as he sets out to reclaim his mantle as Mr. Trump’s most prominent outside supporter from his perch as the head of Breitbart News, the far-right website. Despite his complaint about Mr. Comey’s firing, Mr. Bannon said he planned to be the president’s “wingman outside for the entire time” he is in office. “Our purpose is to support Donald Trump,” he said. “I cannot take the fight to who we have to take the fight to when I’m an adviser to the president as a federal government employee.” Mr. Bannon left the White House on Aug. 18 after a year first as Mr. Trump’s campaign chief and then as his chief strategist in the West Wing. He returned the same day to his previous role as chairman of Breitbart.[/quote] [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/us/politics/steve-bannon-60-minutes-interview.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news[/url] [url]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-breitbart-steve-bannon-declares-war-on-the-gop/[/url] [B]Full 60 minutes video interview in source.[/B] Sorry if it's region locked. Interview clips: Bannon: McConnell told Trump to back off "Drain the Swamp" talk - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpUyRNX6WM[/url] Steve Bannon: GOP establishment "trying to nullify the 2016 election"- [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aM6aalvubY[/url]

Title could be shortened [quote]Steve Bannon ... the Biggest Mistake in ‘Modern Political History’[/quote]

he was such an obtruse idiot in the interview. he was dodging around the question about russian interferance then finally said something to the effect of "well maybe they did...BUT DEMOCRATS!" then tried to flip the table. the guy prides himself on being a master journalist and apparently can't even answer a simple question.

[QUOTE=Sableye;52670213]he was such an obtruse idiot in the interview. he was dodging around the question about russian interferance then finally said something to the effect of "well maybe they did...BUT DEMOCRATS!" then tried to flip the table. the guy prides himself on being a master journalist and apparently can't even answer a simple question.[/QUOTE] I've been hearing rumors that an unaired portion has basically caught the attention of Mueller.

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;52670643]I've been hearing rumors that an unaired portion has basically caught the attention of Mueller.[/QUOTE] Any sources?

I though he left while saying like "trump is a liberal now" or a lefty or something and that he'd work against him?

[QUOTE=01271;52670884]I though he left while saying like "trump is a liberal now" or a lefty or something and that he'd work against him?[/QUOTE] he knows trump is a padantic child, he said trump's admin is "liberal" to use his definition, but trump is not, which is to say he will sign and do whatever the people around him want when he has no care for the matter

[QUOTE=Sableye;52671016]he knows trump is a padantic child, he said trump's admin is "liberal" to use his definition, but trump is not, which is to say he will sign and do whatever the people around him want when he has no care for the matter[/QUOTE] How much do you want to bet he thinks the administration is "liberal" because of Kushner being a Jew with a lot of important tasks set before him?

Bannon's an idiot if he really thinks the Russia connections would have been buried if Comey hadn't been fired. It was great for public knowledge and definitely sped up Mueller's appointment, but this investigation would've happened regardless. It'd just be under wraps, like most federal investigations are, and wouldn't be hounded so much by the media.