Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon launched a blistering critique of the Trump administration�s Justice Department during an interview Monday with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec, warning that inaction against entrenched political enemies could spark a major backlash from the MAGA base.
Bannon, a longtime Trump ally and one of the leading voices of the populist right, expressed frustration over what he sees as the administration�s failure to deliver on promises of accountability, particularly against high-profile figures tied to past controversies.
�We�re not doing anything over at the Justice Department,� Bannon fumed. �I don�t see investigations, I don�t see indictments� The Deep State is winning right now.�
Citing a recent National Intelligence Council assessment, leaks regarding Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and what he called political attacks on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Bannon painted a picture of a White House under siege � and a Justice Department asleep at the wheel.
The conservative firebrand specifically warned against investigations reportedly targeting individuals within Hegseth�s orbit. �If the guys around Hegseth are being investigated, and there�s no movement on the Epstein Files, no indictments of [former CIA Director John] Brennan, nothing on the 51 intel officials who interfered with the election � it�s going to be a firestorm,� Bannon said.
In a direct appeal to the Trump faithful, Bannon echoed the growing discontent among hardline supporters who expected a wave of prosecutions in the first hundred days of Trump�s return to power. �With all the hard work that went into getting him there, we�ve seen nothing,� he said.
While acknowledging that some scrutiny of the Pentagon may be warranted, Bannon said that such actions should be directed by Defense Secretary Hegseth � not imposed by the Justice Department, which he accused of failing in its central mission: �taking down the Deep State.�
�People, we are burning daylight!� he declared. �These people are playing smashmouth, they�re playing hardball, and the Deep State is winning right now!�
Bannon closed with a plea for action and support for Trump as he wages what Bannon characterized as a lonely battle to reorient the federal government. �He�s one man, he�s got everything on his shoulders,� Bannon said. �He needs support. He needs help. He needs people who are willing to get in there and put their shoulders to the wheel.�
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