Steve Bannon Hails Trump’s Legal Woes as ‘A Major Part’ of Getting Him Reelected

Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser turned hard right podcaster, hailed the “lawfare” against Donald Trump as helping to get him reelected.

Bannon discussed Trump’s court appearance on Monday, which resulted in the bond for his civil fraud trial being reduced by over half – a result most in the media dubbed a major victory for the GOP’s presumptive nominee.

Bannon began by noting that one of his fellow pro-Trump radio personalities “was bummed out a little bit because of President Trump being hauled into court today.”

“I said, ‘Hey, this gives President Trump a global platform,’” Bannon said, adding:

One of the reasons President Trump is back and leading is because half of his campaign is these court appearances and his very strong going to the mics after – the world media has to cover him. You had CNN, you got them all down there gloating and smirking. Kaitlan Collins, that whole group of vultures all licking their chops, laughing because Trump’s in there going to have his assets stripped from him.

This is one of the reasons he’s back and back in such a fury that he’s back with so much momentum. The reason is, is that the reason is because of that, because the lawfare is not working. You can look at every aspect, the lawfare is not working. And they say, well, if he gets convicted, but if he’s convicted, it’ll drop, he’ll drop five points. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. To get convicted, you have to have a trial.

Bannon continued by discussing the porn star hush money trial, which a judge ruled on Monday will begin on April 15. The trial in New York City will be the first time ever a former president has been a defendant in a criminal trial.

“And when you have that, you have [Alvin] Bragg’s trial. What Trump’s going to put up, what they’re going to put up. People are going to be infuriated saying, you pulled this guy in for this?” Bannon argued, adding:

With [Michael] Cohen, who has already purged himself in federal courts. One of the things they’re arguing about today, can Cohen even testify, since he’s purged himself before. Stormy Daniels, Bragg are taking these bizarre business misdemeanors, that aren’t even really misdemeanors, and doinng some jujitsu and all sudden they’re felonies.

No, that’ll work to our side too. The lawfare is not working. We can see that it’s a major part of Trump’s campaign. It’s the reason, you know, Biden’s got $2 billion. They’re raising more money because they understand the day we take over, the day Trump walks into the Oval Office, we take over. We’re taking this thing apart brick by brick. They’re in total panic mode.

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