Alvin Bragg is prosecuting Steve Bannon because he is Steve Bannon.
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Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., July 18, 2022.
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Media reports indicate that state prosecutors in Manhattan have obtained a grand-jury indictment of Steve Bannon, charging him with the fraud scheme for which then-president Donald Trump pardoned him on the way out the Oval Office door. Bannon will reportedly surrender to be arraigned on Thursday, when the charges will presumably be unsealed.
The state prosecution invites us to ask: Is blatantly politicized state prosecution the tonic for blatant abuse of the presidential pardon power?
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Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Media reports indicate that state prosecutors in Manhattan have obtained a grand-jury indictment of Steve Bannon, charging him with the fraud scheme for which then-president Donald Trump pardoned him on the way out the Oval Office door. Bannon will reportedly surrender to be arraigned on Thursday, when the charges will presumably be unsealed.
The state prosecution invites us to ask: Is blatantly politicized state prosecution the tonic for blatant abuse of the presidential pardon power?
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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