Heavily armed police officers swarmed former White House strategist Steve Bannon's Washington home Friday after someone called in a false report of a man with a gun. The caller claimed that a man had shot someone. There is a row house on the corner of Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court. HEAVY police presence centered on the block of A St NE btwn 2nd & 3rd. MPD says they’re responding “to a report of an individual with a mental health crisis. He was making threats that he shot someone. No victim has been found.” Officer told me a man claimed to have “a rifle” pic.twitter.com/gQt5N86eAb
July 8, 2022.
The alarm went off about an hour after the call.
A police officer told the newspaper that the phone call appeared to be a hoax.
As he returned to his home, he told NBC News that the police were very good.
“The police were terrific,” Steve Bannon says after a massive police presence cleared his street. @DCPoliceDept just provided a briefing saying there was a false 911 call of a shooting on this block. MPD did not name Bannon’s house as a target. pic.twitter.com/VhBvGcrMi1
— Liz Brown-Kaiser (@lizbrownkaiser) July 8, 2022
The Post noted that it wasn't clear if he was at home when police arrived.
The assistant District of Columbia police chief said that officers walked through the home to make sure it was safe.
They were surprised but they understood why we were there.
The man who worked for Donald Trump early in his administration is now known for his role as Capitol riot provocateur and for his inflammatory "War Room" podcasts.
He is accused of being part of a plan to overthrow the president. He told him to kill Biden in the crib.
The day before the attack on Congress, he told his audience to strap in. Tomorrow is game day, and you made this possible. It's time to strap in. Get ready. Now we are on the point of attack.
Two counts of criminal contempt of Congress have been brought against him for ignoring a subpoena. The trial is scheduled to start in July.
According to a court document on Friday, Robert Costello wants to stop representing him because he might be called to testify at the trial.
It appears that there will be a trial, and since I might be called as a witness, I must reluctantly ask the court to grant my request to withdraw as trial counsel.
According to sources, the Post reported on Friday that Trump is considering waiving executive privilege to allow Steve Bannon to testify before the panel.
Trump is not allowed to waive executive privilege because he is not an executive anymore. People being investigated in the January 6 insurrection are not protected by executive privilege, according to President Joe Biden.
Crimes are not protected by executive privilege, as well as being private citizens.
The article was first published on HuffPost.
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