Steve Bannon owned Cambridge Analytica and used it to spy on the United States

[UCmeNdc]

It is obvious. Steve Bannon committed propaganda warfare against the United States. There ought to be a law against this!

[Hortensis]

1. Think billionaire Mercers owned CA and Breitbart and funded Bannon.

Until they divested from CA with the feds snapping at their heels, fired Bannon from Breitbart, and withdrew other funding from Bannon.

Bannon still has the power of his name, but he went from Mercer's Breitbart, to being placed in the Trump campaign by them, to the WH, to major outside Mercer power broker, and then to basically out on the streets when he lost his billionaire.

There are laws "against this," of course. Just hope whatever firewalls the Mercers and their agents thought they built between themselves and their treasonous activities don't hold.

[SonofDonald]

3. Firewalls

Are digital, I think Mueller is bring a tank or twenty.

With built in flamethrowers.

This is going to be so fun to watch.

[Fred Sanders]

4. The rich always build firewalls, but did the Mercers revel in their power too long and leave

a door open at Breitart and CA that prosecutors are now exploiting?

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. Are the Mercers guilty of RICO crimes?

They may be vulnerable for prosecution for RICO crimes: a Conspiracy to damage the United States for profit. If so, they could, with so much sorrow, lose their assets. All of them. But I'm sure that Rebekah and Robert's massive foreheads can concoct a way to make a buck in the aftermath of forfeiture. They can franchise sidewalk lemonade stands and take a 20% cut off the proceeds.

[Hortensis]

10. Agree with all of you. Mueller's fearsome flamethrowers

should have them cowering, if they're finally smart enough. One amazing thing about all this is the astonishing sloppiness of these extremists and criminals, in spite of having every asset except good personal judgement.

Apparently they all suffer from trumpian-level hubris. They're revolutionaries, not criminals.
They've used their money to avoid legal consequences for so long that they never stopped to wonder if anything they did could conceivably turn the full power of our justice system on them. And just... stop them.

[True Blue American]

17. I do not think Bannon

Has any power left. Last I heard he was overseas trying to meddle.

[Cary]

2. Joshua Green needs to update his book

Sequel, perhaps?

[KPN]

6. When I think about this overall -- its impact, who (what foreign nation) was involved,

the whole thing -- the Mercers, Bannon, Russia -- strikes me as not very much different than what got the Rosenbergs executed in 1953.

[ananda]

8. It's definitely the worst harm done to our nation ever!

I've never seen anything like it.

[UCmeNdc]

7. If you have time, look up Trump's campaign finance statements

Interesting

[Nitram]

9. I believe there is a law against this. This is treason.

[world wide wally]

11. To sum up:

Our country has been taken over by unfriendly forces lead by a hostile country with the aid and abettance of international, and "American" billionaires and the Republican Party who now look the other way.
Is that about right?

[Fla Dem]

14. In a nut shell. Traitors every single one of them.

[magicarpet]

12. Looks like, smells like, acts like....... Treason.

* Conspire to meddle in our fair election

* Clandestinely use foreign agents, operatives, companies, universities and governments to toss a national election

* Conspire to over throw our government

* Constantly lie about involvement in a conspiracy to seize control of our government

* The tRdump crime syndicate is a continuing criminal operation and enterprise and should be subject to RICO prosecution guidelines.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. I can't imagine anyone being overly surprised by this.

Bannon revealed his intentions out loud, unvarnished and proudly.

[Raster]

15. The Mercers* brought the bucks, Bannon* brought the bullshit...

...The Mercers* also brought their belief that oodles of money gave them the privilege to fuck with democracy as they saw fit. I'd love to see Robert Mercer* having to pay the IRS BILLIONS and see Ms. Ree-Beh-Kah* have to get a real job to survive.

Even if Republicans do it, IT'S STILL TREASON!

[True Blue American]

16. The daughter is doing

Most of this.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/291772-billionaire-father-and-daughter-linked-to-trump-shakeup