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Steve Bannon’s Indictment Is the Fight Both Sides Want
Few people relish being indicted. But Bannon isn’t a normal ex-White House official.
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Steve Bannon’s indictment by the Justice Department on Friday afternoon answers a question that’s lingered since the former Trump White House strategist refused to testify in Congress’s investigation of the Jan. 6 riot: Would Attorney General Merrick Garland try to force him to? Or would his desire to depoliticize the department lead him to abstain from taking on such a charged topic?
Today’s actions make clear that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department is willing to pursue this fight and bolster the congressional investigation. Oddly enough, it’s a fight that Bannon wants, too.