Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon was discovered responsible of two counts of contempt of Congress on Friday by a jury that apparently didn’t should deliberate too laborious—the decision got here again in simply three hours.
The Bannon verdict got here because the media was chewing over the revelations of Thursday night time’s Jan. 6 committee listening to, and because the nation continues to get reminders of how excessive Republicans—from Congress to the Supreme Courtroom to state legislatures—are, and of how a lot injury they’re plotting to do to the nation.
