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Note from Elie: Steve Bannon’s Joy Ride is Over

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The New York State District Attorney's Indictment Against Bannon for the Same Scheme

The new york county manhattan district attorney has brought its own state level charges against bannon for the same scheme. Bannon will surely raise a doubl jeopardy defence here, but he's cooked on that. He'll likely claim he was already charged for essentially the same scheme by federal prosecutors and then pardoned. So how can he be charged again by state prosecutors? The supreme court in 20 19 reaffirm the doctrine of separate sovereigns. Now bannan is looking at federal time, at least a month guaranteed, plus additional state level exposure. Most serious charges against him carry 15 year maximum sentences.

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