OK. So Bannon thinks that the (non) meeting where nothing of any significance was exchanged was a dumb, dumb idea.
So do I. It was borne out of the lack of political sophistication of candidate Trump’s brain trust.
Was it a forgiveable error? Of course. The meeting itself, while dumb, was in no way illegal. What COULD have made it problematic would have been if there HAD been significant info exchanged, and something questionable done with that info.
But that didn’t happen, and there was no illegal intent apparent (to me) in Don Jr. agreeing to the meeting.
The optics are bad. Just as its VERY bad optics for Bannon to be (fairly obviously) settling political scores with the President’s family members in a way that may well detract from the President’s ability to MAGA - which Bannon (supposedly) shares in.
But then again, there is the almighty $$$, and whatever other personal plans (or fantasies) that Bannon may harbor.
These quotes - IF ACCURATE (and you can bet that, though critical, they are STILL probably somewhat out of context), only cast Bannon in a bad light....
Thread winner.