Steve Bannon has a billionaire friend. Steve Bannons billionaire friend is a fraudster.

[shortylickens]

FBI investigates fire where Chinese billionaire, a Steve Bannon ally, was arrested

Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, has been arrested on federal charges out of New York. Guo owned the 152-foot-long yacht Lady May on which Bannon was arrested in August 2020. Guo and Bannon have been under investigation in connection with GTV Media...

www.yahoo.com

Because Steve Bannon is a lying scheming piece of shit. Thats why.
Also I love how a Democrat in the White House suddenly motivates news organizations to start reporting on all the terrible shit Republicans have been doing for decades that went unnoticed before.
Anyone think they are part of the problem too?

 

[hal2kilo]

FBI investigates fire where Chinese billionaire, a Steve Bannon ally, was arrested

Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, has been arrested on federal charges out of New York. Guo owned the 152-foot-long yacht Lady May on which Bannon was arrested in August 2020. Guo and Bannon have been under investigation in connection with GTV Media...

www.yahoo.com

Because Steve Bannon is a lying scheming piece of shit. Thats why.
Also I love how a Democrat in the White House suddenly motivates news organizations to start reporting on all the terrible shit Republicans have been doing for decades that went unnoticed before.
Anyone think they are part of the problem too?

This isn't new. Been reading about him for a while.

 

[HomerJS]

I hope that avenue of hate dries up

 

[cytg111]

Bannon is a cancer to western democracies. Hands down the worst. If I was an adversary to the west Id be funding the shit out of him. Just saying.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Bannon and his friends are fraudsters/grifters. OMG! shocking! ..lol

 

[hal2kilo]

This isn't new. Been reading about him for a while.

Oh by the way...
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme – Mother Jones

He's the pusher of the Hunter Biden Laptop story by the way. I'm sure the Chinese government is completely out of this picture. /s

 

[cytg111]

Oh by the way...
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme – Mother Jones

He's the pusher of the Hunter Biden Laptop story by the way. I'm sure the Chinese government is completely out of this picture. /s

Holy crap dude…. i didnt even know….

 

[darkswordsman17]

Who's the Republican dipshit that keeps howling about Schiff or Schumer or whomever supposedly was in with the "Chinese spy"? Wonder what they'll have to say about this?

 

[hal2kilo]

Who's the Republican dipshit that keeps howling about Schiff or Schumer or whomever supposedly was in with the "Chinese spy"? Wonder what they'll have to say about this?

Nothing. Hypocrisy not longer exists in the conservative world.

 

[sportage]

Steve Bannon is rotten to the core. I can't imagine why the maga and the Q's put Bannon on a pedestal. Bannon and Trump, Trump and Bannon, birds of a feather. In fact the very definition of "birds of a feather" should list Bannon and Trump as the example.
Bannon is pro Putin, pro traitor, pro destroying American democracy. Trump loves Bannon and Bannon worships Trump, but the real problem are the people. Those who defend and follow Bannon (and Trump), and I wonder who exactly are these people? Why do they hate America so? Why does Trump and Bannon hate America so?

Donald Trump claims he could end the war in Ukraine with one phone call. Can you imagine that phone call? Can you imagine handing Ukraine over to Putin, and completely destroying NATO with one phone call? Trump could do it, and he promises that he will if given the chance. And what else would a president Trump willingly and enthusiastically turn over to Vladimir Putin? Both maga and the Q's are not a political movement nor political ideology, both are in fact the threat to America. The wolfs are in the hen house with Bannon and Trump leading the pack.

 

[trenchfoot]

Bannon wants the federal gov't on its hands and knees so he and his ilk can at first exploit it like Trump and he did, then corrupt the shit out of it worse than it is now and finally take control of it the same way he, his corporate sponsors and his fellow "conservative patriots" took over the party itself. And he has lots of help from the likes of Marge Green and other shit-stirring right wing nutjobs like her. They're attempting to destabilize the gov't as much as possible and it's so plain to see yet they deny it as easily as they lie about their intentions all the time.

The plan is in place, it's working the way they like but what's holding everything up is the Democrats and Independents that like to uphold the principles of democracy and vote that way instead of party before country as the GOP has firmly established itself for all to see. It's become for all intent and purpose the Republicans against a democratic form of government that stands in their way of destroying it so as to remake it in their image. It's about the only way for them to make it happen.

 

[Lanyap]

Well this is precious. I think they're in love.
(Not that there is anything wrong with that.)

 

[hal2kilo]

Wow, this thing just keeps getting uglier.

Far-right influencers defended an accused fraudster. They had help.

Before Guo Wengui was indicted in a massive fraud scheme, his supporters appear to have successfully placed op-eds in conservative media.

www.motherjones.com

In MAGA world, Karoline Leavitt is a rising star. A former Trump White House staffer, she won national notice last year when, at just 25 years of age, she captured the GOP nomination for a New Hampshire congressional seat. In April, she was hired as a spokesperson by Trump’s super-PAC. But earlier this year, her focus seemed to be elsewhere. She published a series of op-eds heaping praise on Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese mogul and ally of Steve Bannon who has styled himself a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party. Guo, who also goes by Miles Guo, has since been arrested and indicted in a massive fraud case.

Leavitt isn’t alone. In recent months, a host of right-wing news outlets published enthusiastic defenses of Guo and attacks on his critics. Many of these opinion pieces closely echoed a set of talking points circulated among Guo’s fanatical supporters. Often, the writers used specific words or phrasing that the appear to have been lifted directly from the prewritten talking points. Guo’s backers, it seems, arranged for a number of conservative writers to use their platforms to repeat prefabricated arguments defending Guo’s conduct.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I feel like this isn't really a bombshell. At this point, basically all right wing op-eds (really all right wing media in general is) are a concerted effort these days. Most of the time that's the only way it gets any traction because its so obviously bullshit or so minor that no one actually gives a shit (so they have to concert a push for it to make it seem like its something to be outraged over by their idiot consumers). And we know far right people don't give a shit about whom they support (frankly, I'm surprised there wasn't secondary set after the indictment arguing every which way, it being a witch hunt, it not being true, even if it was true its not actually that bad and we should totally allow this type of fraud, etc - guess that's only reserved for the top dogs like Turmp?) as long as they keep enabling the grift and pushing for their fascist ideals.

Nothing. Hypocrisy not longer exists in the conservative world.

Nah, they don't say nothing. Well obviously, but still would like to know what they have to say so their hypocrisy can be on full display. Even horrible people feel shitty having to tie themselves into knots and that shit will catch up to them.

 

[hal2kilo]

Guess who else has gotten Gou money.

George Santos cashed in big with followers of indicted Chinese billionaire Miles Guo.

The indicted Republican profited by appealing to fans of the Bannon-allied alleged fraudster.

www.motherjones.com

 

[hal2kilo]

Finally, the trial is about to start in New York.

A Chinese mogul with deep MAGA ties is going on trial for massive fraud

Steve Bannon is an unindicted co-conspirator in the case against Guo Wengui.

www.motherjones.com

Maybe Bannon will have to show up in an orange jumpsuit to testify if the timing's right.

 

[hal2kilo]

Just more weird shit. Seems someone started a fire while the FBI was searching Guo's apartment.

Feds say MAGA-aligned mogul had “opportunity and motive to start” apartment fire

Prosecutors reveal "potentially inflammatory" information about a mysterious 2023 fire at the Sherry Netherland home of Guo Wengui.

www.motherjones.com

 

[IronWing]

You know, I can appreciate the determination of a person burning down their own apartment while it's being searched by the FBI.