Steve Bannon is not backing down in his fight against Democrats and why his conviction is unconstitutional.
Earlier this week, a prominent attorney argued that Bannon’s guilty verdict could be overturned.
In an interview with Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren, former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz spoke about a jury in Washington, D.C., convicting Bannon on two charges of contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena.
Dershowitz called the conviction “entirely in violation of the Constitution” and predicted that a higher court will “very likely” overturn it.
“The only provision of the Constitution, which appears basically twice, is trial by jury in and in front of a fair jury.
Number one, he didn’t have a fair jury.
Number two, the judge took his defenses away from him,” Dershowitz said.
After Van Susteren said the D.C. district where the trial was held is “94 percent Democrat,” Dershowitz chimed in, “Well, not only that, but probably 97 percent Trump haters.”
Dershowitz added: “And all you had to do was say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this man Bannon worked for Trump.’ That’s the end of the case.”
“Entirely predictable and entirely in violation of the Constitution.
The judge denied him a jury trial.
They wouldn’t allow him to put on evidence that he believed there was an executive privilege involved and he wanted a judicial determination before he violated the executive privilege.
That issue could not be presented to the jury,” Dershowitz said.
“As I predicted on this show and other shows before this conviction was a foregone conclusion.
The only issue is whether will it be reversed by an appeal.
Either by the appellate court in the District of Columbia or by the Supreme Court.
I think it’s very likely that this conviction will be reversed at some point,” Dershowitz added.
https://conservativebrief.com/steve-64889/?
Earlier this week, a prominent attorney argued that Bannon’s guilty verdict could be overturned.
In an interview with Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren, former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz spoke about a jury in Washington, D.C., convicting Bannon on two charges of contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena.
Dershowitz called the conviction “entirely in violation of the Constitution” and predicted that a higher court will “very likely” overturn it.
“The only provision of the Constitution, which appears basically twice, is trial by jury in and in front of a fair jury.
Number one, he didn’t have a fair jury.
Number two, the judge took his defenses away from him,” Dershowitz said.
After Van Susteren said the D.C. district where the trial was held is “94 percent Democrat,” Dershowitz chimed in, “Well, not only that, but probably 97 percent Trump haters.”
Dershowitz added: “And all you had to do was say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this man Bannon worked for Trump.’ That’s the end of the case.”
“Entirely predictable and entirely in violation of the Constitution.
The judge denied him a jury trial.
They wouldn’t allow him to put on evidence that he believed there was an executive privilege involved and he wanted a judicial determination before he violated the executive privilege.
That issue could not be presented to the jury,” Dershowitz said.
“As I predicted on this show and other shows before this conviction was a foregone conclusion.
The only issue is whether will it be reversed by an appeal.
Either by the appellate court in the District of Columbia or by the Supreme Court.
I think it’s very likely that this conviction will be reversed at some point,” Dershowitz added.
https://conservativebrief.com/steve-64889/?
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