Steve Bannon pushes Trump to skip court: ‘Just do it — see where the chips fall’
Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon Monday urged the former president to simply blow off his Manhattan criminal court trial and dare law enforcement to put him in jail for it.
He made the comments on his "War Room" show on Monday — and specifically suggested Trump should instead go to the Supreme Court hearing reviewing whether he has immunity from prosecution from a separate criminal trial being charged in Washington, D.C. by special counsel Jack Smith.
"Thursday is also on another topic, the immunity situation," said Bannon. "One of the most important arguments in the history of the Supreme Court. Of course, President Trump won't be there."
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"If I was President Trump, I'd go to the immunity thing and let him put me in, in, in a jail cell and I'd go, I'd go to Barron's graduation," said Bannon. "I do both of them say, 'Come on, dude.' Stand up to him. Just do it. See what, see how the chips fall."
Placing the former president in jail for violating court orders is something Judge Juan Merchan has the power to do in theory, but has not given any indication is currently on the table.
Barron Trump's graduation is another point of contention the former president has raged against, claiming that Merchan is preventing him from attending the ceremony. Merchan has not ruled out letting Trump go, not guaranteeing it but saying he would allow it if the calendar makes it possible. Furthermore, former President Donald Trump's one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who will be testifying in the Manhattan trial, has said he hasn't actually seen any indication Trump went to any of his other four children's graduations in the first place.
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