Rudy Giuliani thinks that Steve Bannon is being “tortured” by not accessing tv in jail.
The previous mayor of New York Metropolis lashed out on the Bureau of Prisons and Legal professional Basic Merrick Garland whereas performing as a stand-in for Bannon throughout Tuesday’s episode of the previous White Home strategist’s streaming sequence, “War Room: Battleground.”
Joined by MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy fanatic, Mike Lindell, Giuliani claimed Bannon was being subjected to merciless therapy as he serves his four-month sentence for flouting a 2021 subpoena from congress.
“Steve unfortunately can’t hear this broadcast, which is an outrage,” the person previously often known as “America’s Mayor” complained.
Pointing to his involvement within the federal jail system beneath Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, Giuliani claimed that he couldn’t recall any prisoners in Bannon’s “category” being disadvantaged of “access to television for occasional shows, special shows.”
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“Steve Bannon is not being treated the way other prisoners are being treated,” he continued. “His case has been moved from the Bureau of Prisons to crooked attorney general Garland’s office, and they’re calling the shots because contacts that I have in the Bureau of Prisons have told me they’ve been taken outta the case.”
Coming to an outlandish conclusion, the one-time Republican presidential candidate used air quotes as he informed viewers that fellow Donald Trump ally Bannon was being “tortured.”
“Boy, this election is about a fascist regime,” Giuliani added. “And Steve Bannon is prime number one victim.”
Bannon reported to Connecticut’s low-security Danbury Federal Correctional Establishment at first of July, the place he’ll possible stay till the top of October.
Although the far-right political strategist’s time behind bars ought to wind down earlier than the 2024 presidential election, he is likely to be going through extra time in jail within the near-future.
On Friday, New York State Supreme Court docket Decide April Newbauer dominated that Bannon should face trial for felony fraud fees come December.
Bannon is being accused of diverting a whole bunch of hundreds of the $15 million he and others privately raised for Trump’s proposed border wall so as to pay the fundraiser’s chief government, Brian Kolfage.
