Posted on 05/26/2017 8:16:35 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Steve Bannon is not a lawyer, but the chief White House strategist is poised to become the senior partner in a heavyweight firm of bareknuckle barristers at the center of President Trump's counter-offensive against Russia collusion claims.
Bannon, the former Breitbart executive whose no-holds-barred approach served Trump well in the homestretch of his presidential campaign, headed home from Trump's foreign trip and is reportedly the quarterback of an emerging war room of high-powered lawyers, surrogates and researchers.
Their mission: Respond, rebut and refute bad press and legal issues emanating from the special counsel probe led by former FBI Director Mueller into Russian influence on the 2016 election.
Bannon relishes a good fight.
"Steve is super savvy dealing with the media and dealing with crises," Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy told Axios.
While Bannon is poised to oversee the entire operation, the legal team being assembled is an eclectic roster of seasoned streetfighters and well-known litigators.
“A big legal team, even one with people with titanic reputations, can greatly benefit the person represented by that big team,” said former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy. “The Justice Department can throw endless resources at cases, so it makes a difference to be capable of matching them.”
Talks are still underway but Trump is reportedly leaning toward a well-rounded legal team as part of the overall strategy. Only the hiring of Trump’s long-time attorney Marc Kasowitz has been confirmed.
Others believed to be in the mix include a self-described 60s-era hippie close to Democrats, a conservative stalwart who has long known Mueller and former FBI Director Comey, and two corporate “uberlitigators.”
Finalists are reportedly Theodore Olson, Reid Weingarten and Robert Giuffra. Olson would not confirm whether he is being considered for the Trump war room. “I’m not commenting one way or the other on this situation,
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Thank You, God!
Enough is enough. Time to bring out the big guns and end this MSM/DEM crap once and for all.
Finally !! This is fabulous news; let’s roll! (It is my birthday and this is the best news so far today - well that and the Montana win!)
2 months late to the party. Need on for the leaks toi
About time. Bannon is a bulldog and it is time to take the hurt to the Dems.
Bout time. I hope kushner is simultaneously losing power.
Looks like rumors of Jvanka sinking Bannon and having him fired were......premature.
Happy Bday!
Hey, Steve, we’re over here! Help us help you!
OH BOY!!! Way to go Bannon....I love this guy, he looks like what I would imagine a ‘junk yard dog’ would look like, and when he barks, people jump...
It’s time to end the crap...it’s time to put an end to the ‘leaks’ ‘basement dweller’ media, talking heads and radio show hosts that 24/7 bashing day after day...
I can think of no one better than Bannon!!! Oh how I wish I was there in that room, working with them...I love to think of ways to bring things up about corrupt people and throw it back in their faces...you dig enough, you can find anything...
Good Luck and I will do what I can from my little ‘teepee’ in Utah and my computer!!!
Naturally interested in your take on this.
Since, this has the making of a civil suit, I would think the tax payers will pay for these people. This is the one time that I’m happy to pay.
Happy Birthday. Great time of year to be born.
My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow, so I know.
Bannon is my kinda guy!
Leni
I’m more interested in Ted Olson using his wife Barbara (BHO)’s account to talk to us in this mission.
TRUMP brought in the JUNK YARD DOG - STEVE BANNON. Heh. Heh.
Can I help? I’ll bring my Buchanan pitchfork.
The good news here is that Bannon isn’t a lawyer — which means the Trump team is treating this as a political battle instead of a legal problem.
Bannon’s abilities wasted on media BS.
Media is so proud of it’s ability to corrupt our governance.
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