March 1, 2023

Judge on Steve Bannon trial: 'We can't keep dragging this out'

Well, looks like it will be dragged out for months and months AGAIN!


https://twitter.com/moonbreeze2/status/1630885757966532608?s=20
PHOTO: Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Donald Trump, points as he speaks after leaving a court appearance at NYS Supreme Court on Feb. 28, 2023, in New York City.



Judge on Steve Bannon trial: 'We can't keep dragging this out'

Bannon is charged with defrauding donors to We Build the Wall.


By Aaron Katersky February 28, 2023, 3:23 PM


Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, appeared in court Tuesday with a new crop of lawyers who promptly decried the "explosion" of evidence disclosures from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and asked for additional time to review them.
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The judge granted a 90-day reprieve and ordered Bannon to return to court May 25, citing a need to "move the case along" after Bannon's arraignment five months ago.

"Other than discovery being turned over, nothing has happened. Part of that is of Mr. Bannon's own doing," Judge Juan Merchan said. "We can't just keep dragging this out."



The judge, however, chided prosecutors over the true volume of discovery and the pace of its disclosure to the defense...........................