Down goes Steve Bannon’s accomplice
Steve Bannon’s “Build The Wall” co-conspirator Timothy Shea was convicted yesterday on state-level charges of money laundering and wire fraud, and will be going to prison for a very long time. Bannon has been indicted on similar charges. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they turn.
This is completely separate from Bannon’s conviction for contempt of Congress in federal court, and his pending four month prison sentence. That’s always been chump change compared to Bannon’s fraud charges.
For reference: three of Bannon’s four co-conspirators pleaded guilty awhile ago. Shea insisted on going to trial and it ended up being a mistrial. This was Shea’s re-trial and he was convicted today. We’ll see if Shea now flips on Bannon. Either way, Bannon has been indicted in this scandal and will go on trial. If Bannon is convicted, he’ll serve a very long sentence in state prison.
Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report