Mike Lindell commits to 'do whatever it takes' to get his Twitter account back

Jenny Goldsberry

November 23, 10:16 AM November 23, 10:16 AM

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell went on the record Tuesday to promise to do "whatever it takes" to reclaim his Twitter account.

Lindell appeared on Steve Bannon's podcast War Room to discuss his ban from the platform. He was permanently banned in January 2021 for his tweets claiming election fraud. When he attempted to create a second account in May, it was also subsequently banned. Bannon recommended Lindell go live with the new Twitter CEO Elon Musk and answer any and all of his questions "mano a mano."

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"Absolutely. I'd fly to him, do whatever it takes, I would hand it to him on a silver platter," Lindell said. "I would do that any day, anytime, any time of day or night, and I'll drop everything I have to do that, Steve, because I believe it's very important to our country."

Lindell pointed to others who "got their Twitters back" as evidence that he deserved his own ban reversed. These reinstated accounts include former President Donald Trump, Juanita Broaddrick, who accused former President Bill Clinton of rape, and rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who was banned twice in recent months over anti-Semitic tweets. The MyPillow CEO claimed he has not heard from Twitter or Musk about his account.

"And if you're gonna have a platform of free speech now and without this cancel culture, you can't just say anybody that talked about machines can't be on it," Lindell said. He went on to say in a later statement to Business Insider that his messaging surrounding the election was evidence that he wants "to help save the USA from a communist takeover."

The businessman is a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump and has boosted claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, which has gotten him sued by voting machine companies along with his products banned in some states.

Steve Bannon states he is just not fearful of heading to jail soon after guilty conviction

Ryan King

July 23, 10:13 AM July 23, 10:13 AM

As with probable jail time looming in excess of his contempt conviction, Steve Bannon was adamant that he wasn't frightened of a minimal time driving bars.

During an interview with WHD News's Tucker Carlson, the host asked Bannon if he had any considerations about what could be done to him if he were to provide time in jail for his defiance of a congressional subpoena.

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"1st off, if I go to jail, I go to jail. I will under no circumstances again off a next. Appear, I put in eight years as a naval officer. I have fully commited my existence ... to this software to get this carried out. I will under no circumstances back off. I assist Trump and the Structure. And I am not backing off a single inch. If I go to jail, so be it," Bannon reported.

The previous Trump main strategist and senior counselor was located responsible of two contempt charges from him for his defiance of a Dwelling Jan. 6 committee subpoena past year. His sentencing is slated for November, and he faces concerning 30 times and a single year in prison, as perfectly as up to $100,000 in fines for every charge.

Attorneys for Bannon were adamant that they would obstacle the conviction, arguing they experienced a "bulletproof attraction." Notably, the trial was the initial contempt of Congress trial due to the fact 1983, according to CNN lawful analyst Elie Honig.

Bannon's trial began earlier this week and finished Friday. Legal professionals for Bannon had not called upon any witnesses and had been precluded from working with vital defense arguments these as the "information-of-counsel" defense. They had also been blocked from calling on heavy hitters this kind of as Property Speaker Nancy Pelosi or customers of the Residence Jan. 6 committee as witnesses. All of this led to frustration with U.S. District Decide Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee.

Through the job interview, Carlson lamented how other people, such as former Attorney Common Eric Holder, defied congressional subpoena requests in the earlier and did not face jail time as a final result. Bannon argued they experienced electrical power and named on Republicans to acquire edge of theirs the moment they reclaim the Property immediately after the midterm elections. He known as for a new Jan. 6 committee to be formed by the GOP just after the bash retakes the House.

"We require a commission or committee on Jan. 6. It can be bought to be with the new Congress, with Republicans in charge — we got to get to the base of the intelligence failures, FBI involvement, DHS involvement, the intelligence companies, what happened to the Pentagon and the Nationwide Guard," he explained to Carlson.

Division of Justice says Trump never ever invoked government privilege in excess of Bannon

Juliegrace Brufke

July 11, 01:32 PM July 11, 01:32 PM

The Office of Justice reported Monday that previous President Donald Trump by no means invoked govt privilege about previous White Dwelling chief strategist Steve Bannon, who now says he is amenable to testifying prior to the Residence Jan. 6 committee when he faces prison time for previously refusing to do so.

The DOJ reported in a court docket filing that it has interviewed Trump's lawyer Justin Clark. The FBI job interview with Clark on June 29 is linked to the DOJ's criminal contempt scenario versus Bannon, a outstanding populist conservative who was an architect of Trump's upset 2016 earn about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Bannon was then a workers member in the Trump White House for 7 months right before parting approaches.

Bannon has stonewalled the Residence Jan. 6 committee for eight months, asserting government privilege

relating to presidential conversations, even though Bannon was long gone as a White Dwelling worker by Jan. 6, when professional-Trump rioters at the Capitol tried out to overturn Congress's certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 acquire. Bannon is set to go on demo on July 18 for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.

Bannon above the weekend reversed training course, declaring Trump had "waved" claims of government privilege, which would allow him to testify.

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Bannon’s reversal on willingness to talk with the committee comes just times ahead of when jury assortment is predicted to consider location as portion of his contempt of Congress trial.

“While Mr. Bannon has been steadfast in his convictions, conditions have now changed,” Bannon law firm Bob Costello wrote in a letter to the Jan. 6 committee. “Mr. Bannon is inclined to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public listening to.”

Bannon's change in class arrives in the wake of a Trump letter stating he would waive govt privilege if the legal defendant reached an arrangement to testify just before the panel.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a member of the choose committee, told CNN on Sunday that she expects “we will be hearing from [Bannon], and there are several questions that we have for him."

That would incorporate opinions by Bannon on his podcast in the times right before Jan. 6 that advised obliquely something significant and unexpected would choose place as Congress accredited the Electoral College or university votes that designed Biden the next president.