# Steve Bannon was banned from Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884 "2020-11-06T05:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/21 "2020-11-06T22:12:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m trying to recall what Bannon is in court for. Was it campaign finance violations? Wire fraud and money laundering. He and two other guys are accused of using money from their “We Build the Wall” non-profit group for personal use. > **[Steve Bannon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#Federal_fraud_indictment)** > > Defunct > Economics ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/23 "2020-11-07T03:38:51Z")
Did she seriously suggesting executing him, or was in meant to be funny? Question- why isnt Bannon in jail for this? ---
**Author:** ![MildlyAnnoyed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mildlyannoyed/32/4981_2.png) [@MildlyAnnoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MildlyAnnoyed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/24 "2020-11-07T13:25:41Z")
[https://youtu.be/6p6Wyusk5RY](https://youtu.be/6p6Wyusk5RY) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/25 "2020-11-07T13:34:18Z")
Bannon is just a weird fucker altogether. He’s former navy, Harvard educated - wealthy and obviously pretty bright in some regards. But I guess to use Scaramucci’s parlance, he started sucking his own dick and liked it a little too much. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/26 "2020-11-07T13:57:30Z")
Bannon - Best looking guy in the liquor store at 2am. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/27 "2020-11-07T14:00:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Did she seriously suggesting executing him, or was in meant to be funny? > > Question- why isnt Bannon in jail for this? Because he hasn’t broken any laws? Here’s what he actually wrote: > I’d put the heads on pikes. Right. I’d put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats. You either get with the program or you are gone. As awful as it is, it’s clearly not an actual incitement to violence, at least not within the scope of criminal laws. Kathy Griffin’s stunt, while she’s claimed it was supposed to be a joke, seems a lot closer to a death threat against a Federal official. Saying “Put their head on a pike” is pretty common hyperbole; holding a bloody, severed (prop) head, not so much. Still, _she’s_ not in jail. The only thing that happened to her is her career cratered because private individuals and businesses exercised their freedom to disassociate themselves from her. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/28 "2020-11-07T14:07:59Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Because he hasn’t broken any laws? I beg to differ. Sartorial laws of layering prohibit wearing one button down shirt over another and anything more than 4 layers means you are homeless vagrant wearing everything you own, probably trespassing. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/29 "2020-11-07T16:20:34Z")
Is this one of those Deuteronomic prohibitions about mixing two kinds of cloth? Or more like the injunction not to mix plaids with stripes? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/30 "2020-11-07T18:04:30Z")
Well, he certainly has and he is likely headed for federal prison, altho not for this comment- yet. > **[Steve Bannon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#Federal_fraud_indictment)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump during the first seven months of Trump's term. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News and previously served on the board of the now-defunct data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. _On August 20, 2020, a [federal grand jury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_grand_jury) indictment was unsealed against Bannon and three others, charging them with conspiracy to commit [wire fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_fraud) and [money laundering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering). Each charge has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison upon conviction.[[239]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note--200820-243)[[240]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-FeuerRashbaum-244)[[241]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Zapotosky-245) Federal prosecutors of the [U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Attorney%27s_Office_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York) allege that Bannon, [United States Air Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) [veteran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran) [Brian Kolfage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kolfage) and the two other defendants used funds received from the [We Build the Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Build_the_Wall) fundraising campaign, marketed to support the building of a [border wall between the U.S. and Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall), in a way which was “inconsistent” with how they were advertised for use to the public.[[242]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-246)[[243]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-247)[[244]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Berman-248) According to the indictment, donations were collected through a [GoFundMe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoFundMe) campaign that was launched in December 2018.[[245]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Cassidy-200821-249)[[246]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Tolan_-200821-250) Bannon promoted the project until the day before the indictment, saying “You’ve been the leader of this, assisting President Trump in building this wall in these tough areas” in his War Room: Pandemic podcast.[[247]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-TexasTribune-200824-251)[[248]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-252)_ _Federal prosecutors allege that Bannon and the three other men conspired to use a non-profit group run by Bannon, and a [shell company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_company) controlled by one of the other defendants, to make payments to themselves, despite promises to donors that their contributions would go to build a wall. Prosecutors also alleged that Bannon received more than $1 million in connection with the plan, some of which was paid to Kolfage in secret[[245]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Cassidy-200821-249)[[240]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-FeuerRashbaum-244)[[241]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Zapotosky-245) and some of which Bannon and two other defendants allegedly used for personal expenses ranging from paying off credit cards to personal travel.[[249]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Barrett-200820-253) Prosecutors stated that they plan to seize the assets of Bannon’s non-profit Citizens of the American Republic, as well as other organizations “politically aligned with [Donald] Trump”.[[250]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-Torbati-200824-254) Bannon was arrested by [U.S. Postal Inspectors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Inspection_Service) on [Long Island Sound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Sound), off the coast of Connecticut,[[251]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#cite_note-255) on board [People’s Republic of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China) [expatriate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriate) [Guo Wengui](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Wengui)’s [luxury yacht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superyacht)._ ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/31 "2020-11-07T18:06:05Z")
Ok. I thought you were specifically referencing his Twitter comments, the actual topic of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/32 "2020-11-07T18:10:10Z")
That is why I added “altho not for this comment- yet.” But not only is he a despicable low life, he is also a thief and a con. The Money laundering charges are gonna stick, they nearly always do. I should know. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/33 "2020-11-07T18:37:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The Money laundering charges are gonna stick, they nearly always do. His name will be among those in the enormous tranche of pardons that is coming. Let’s hope there are some back-up state charges. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/34 "2020-11-07T23:12:47Z")
> [@MildlyAnnoyed](#): > > I do agree with the Wall Fund Poster Boy on one thing, tho. I like the pikes on 1600 Pa corners idea, just starting with him and Trump. Moderating: Don’t be a jerk. No warning, but don’t do it again. Yes, it was probably intended as a joke, but it is not funny. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/35 "2020-11-07T23:24:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does Twitter prevent banned users from coming back as socks? Yes. It took a minute, but I found this in [Twitter’s policy page on enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options): > [@](#): > > Permanent suspension: This is our most severe enforcement action. Permanently suspending an account will remove it from global view, and the violator will not be allowed to create new accounts ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/37 "2020-11-08T18:01:24Z")
Makes one wonder what you’re like when you’re not **MildlyAnnoyed** … AngerIssues? We may never know. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/38 "2020-11-08T23:14:58Z")
I am much more than mildly annoyed. If another mod hadn’t suspended you I would have considered a permanent ban. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884.md?page=1)