Bannon, the former executive chairman of the right-wing Breitbart News, was one of four men charged by a federal grand jury in New York in August on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering in connection with their role in the non. – profit group “We build the wall.”
Trump tried to distance himself at the time of Bannon’s arrest of the project, saying it was “done for spectacular reasons” and describing it as “inappropriate”.
Bannon pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and must stand trial in May 2021.
The president had previously broken up with Bannon, who was fired from the White House in 2017, a few months ago and started talking again about overthrowing the election, according to a third person.
Bannon served as campaign manager during the final months of the 2016 presidential race. After being fired from the White House, Trump said he “lost his mind”.
Trump has also considered giving voluntary pardons to as many as 20 close family members and relatives, including his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, and his children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump, none of whom have been charged with a crime. is not. .
Trump has issued two rounds of pardons and commutations before Christmas, including for three former members of Congress, numerous people convicted of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference, and four security contractors convicted of the massacre of Iraqi citizens in 2008.