Orbán stands up for Steve Bannon
Viktor Orbán has openly stood up for Steve Bannon, who has been sentenced to four months in prison and given a fine for ignoring a congressional subpoena, on Twitter.
Steve Bannon flouted demands for documents and testimony from the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers on the House Select Committee wanted to know why he said a day before the siege that “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow.”
Federal prosecutors were seeking what they described as a severe penalty: four months in jail and a fine of $200,000. In court papers earlier this week, they said Bannon pursued “a bad faith strategy of defiance and contempt”.
In Orbán tweet, the prime minister wrote that politics could sometimes be ugly.
Politics can get ugly. I am sorry to see the political witch-hunt against a true American patriot, and a good friend, Steve Bannon. Keep on fighting, Steve! The truth will prevail! https://t.co/ge1QehZqfQ
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) October 23, 2022
This means that the Hungarian Prime Minister supports the kind of behaviour that Bannon exhibited.
The Hungarian Prime Minister has been criticised by many for his open support for the Republican Party and Trump, and he has not changed his stance since. The Hungarian government of the day ought to maintain good relations with the current US administration, and interfering in US domestic affairs is not a good tactical move.
The Hungarian prime minister’s communication is particularly odd in that for the past 12 years he has always criticised anyone who has somehow interfered in Hungarian domestic politics from another country.
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The targeting of Orban’s government by Obama and now Biden set the precedent for the breaking of diplomatic protocols.
Nelson Taylor Sol – Bidens appointment, at some stage, the massive difference of Political opinion – ideas and philosophies was going to get TESTED.
Victor Orban – the Hungarian Government, we knew supported Donald Trump – which Orban “bravely” exposed Globally.
Orbans “support” of Trump, like Le Penn in the French elections – gathered greater numbers GLOBALLY of people, who saw Orban – as the individual politically and “other” we know, his style of Politics and leadership, based on a dictatorial plan & practice, that has BRANDED – Hungary, by the European Union, no longer being run nor conducted under DEMOCRACY.
Orban – has by his own DOINGS – has and continues to tighten the – “chains & shackles” around his neck, causing massive on-going destruction and loss of respect to himself – ALL – by his OWN doings.
America – as the Political & Financial situation in Hungary worsens, the relationship – position of European Union Membership of Hungary, the involvement by the United States of America, will be DRIVEN by DEMOCRACY – what the Politics of their country are drawn set on, and as a country and FUNCTION under – as opposed to Hungary – that NO longer, is Governed under Democracy.
Orban – the separator and divider – that America know is his STYLE, and do have Orban & Hungary in a position, that if NEEDED – the Orban led Government of Hungary, would be MASSIVE losers.
He stands up for his own kind, the corrupt politician.
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There was a congressional subpoena, he didn’t show.
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Subpoenas are orders to produce records or testimony.
They are issued by courts and government agencies,
and failure to comply can result in civil or criminal penalties.
That’s what happened, no surprises there.
Congress has broad authority, established by Supreme Court rulings,
to oversee the executive branch and conduct investigations.
As part of these powers, Congress can request documents or ask witnesses to testify.
Congress has a long-established history of using subpoenas to compel testimony when information is not provided voluntarily.
It’s like reading a tweet from Trump. Same wording.
Bannon ignored a subpoena. Orban should keep his nose out of American politics and sort out what’s happening here. Does he think Bannon cares anything for Hungary, course not……….
Isn’t an independent judiciary a pig???
Bannon still has the right to appeal – where the focus is on facts and circumstances as opposed to conspiracy theories, political slogans and weaponization of the judiciary accusations (come to think of it: nobody is above the law – any ordinary citizen would already have been incarcerated!)
The president, his son and brother are major corruption in Ukraine , China , Russia and many other countries – this is all documented and was suppressed for years by the govement. These are the same people who set off the overthough of the the 2 times elected president of Ukraine – the same people involved in impeachment of Trump over Ukraine. While Vice President, it was his job to deal with the corruption in Ukraine and how it wasn’t a democracy -sound familiar- of course the EU was involved. His first day in office he shut down the massive energy product in the US and set off exactly what Trump warned of at his UN speach and the German delegation on video laughing – not a chuckle, but out laughing. This war would not have happened with Trump especially consulting with Hungary. The US was selling gas for the first time in 80 years and could cover anything europe needs today. Imajine the biggest crisis in world with US lying about it role and some fishy fish market story and had FB, Twitter and YouTube remove stories questioning it. A 2 year investigation on a 4 hour riot that we know That we know FBI had major role and have gone insane. Steve bannon had no role in it. Zero investigation of Covid or the Biden Crime family. You should be worried when the most powerful country in world sends a 20 man raid on a man’s home with 7 children who was saying the rosary at a day of birth abortion clinic almost a year after the case was dismissed by the state goverment. Crime has skyrocket and little done – 6 months of violent riots -24 dead
Many business loss, and little or no arrests, but 100s arrested from Jan 6th – many are still in jail with no bail. The man leading th crowd into the Capitol is all on video – you can watch yourself – suddenly the FBI has no interest in him- the same committee that demands Bannon appear before them.. if you think what happens in the US has nothing to do with you – you need to pull your head out of your ass.
Hungarian involved fascism were nobody’s – we are talking about some of the most powerful people on the world-this is them showing some restraint.
Go :* his ass!