On Nicolle Wallace’s show on Friday evening, MSNBC analyst Neil Katyal gave a prime example of a deplorable human trait—schadenfreude—as he gloated over the prospect of Steve Bannon serving jail time.
It is not a common occurrence. This is not a normal occurrence. Washington Post reported, Bannon would be “the first person sent to jail for contempt of Congress since the ‘Hollywood Ten in 1948.”
Ex-Obama appointee Katyal indulged in the soap-inthe-shower situation, but not quite to the extent that it was portrayed as.
“Also he’s looking at, possibly, as much as 24 months.Steve Bannon finally will have what he’s always wanted, a captive audience. The only problem is that it’s in prison.
Bannon was found guilty of ignoring an order to testify in front Congress. Missesons. Katyal was Katyal ever so happy about the convictions of terrorists and other violent criminals?
Katyal stared at The New York TimesThis was called a “low level process crime” but Eric Holder, Holder’s boss in Obama’s administration, was elected in contempt in 2012. He didn’t end up in prison. They are still friends: Holder recently supported Katyal’s defense of two child-slavery cases.
After the joke about “captive audiences” in jail, Wallace chipped in with this sneering yet ambiguous shot:
“I am not sure they will be captured. Some of them have been shown to me.”
Whatever, Nicolle. However, you can still keep on piling on.
Nicolle Wallace hosted a MSNBC interview with Neal Katyal. He was an MSNBC contributor and reacted to the possibility of Steve Bannon being sentenced. Sponsored in part by Servpro Abbott, which makes Rinvoq, Rings, DirecTV and Clear Choice.
The transcript is here.
MSNBC
Deadline White House
7/22/22
5.12 PM EDTNICOLLE WALLACE: Neal, I want to get both of you on the record on, on Steve Bannon’s unsurprising but still, in the state of the story of the Trump presidency, guilty conviction for defying his congressional subpoena.
He’s someone who New York Times Reporter Jeremy Peters has reported, doesn’t even believe in the lies of election fraud. But he’s heading to jail to defy a subpoena. Why?
NEAL KATYAL (English): This was a.The New York Times It was described as a low-level, process crime. I don’t think that’s right at all. Nicolle, I believe that this is very serious.
Bannon was asked solemnly by Congress. The senators made solemn requests to Bannon. They took out, for instance, the Willard Hotel meeting on January 5th. It was 17 sets of documents Steve Bannon owned that they isolated. All of it was not turned over by him.
And you know, in our democracy, when Congress asks for something, you’ve got to have a really good reason to not turn it over, and the good reason can’t be, I’m afraid to tell the truth, or Donald Trump will get mad at me, or things like that. These excuses don’t work. It was unsuccessful at his trial.
This trial lasted just about as long as Steve Bannon’s entire career in the White House—like a couple of minutes, basically. [Nicolle Wallace heard laughing offscreen.]
And he’s found guilty. Each count of contempt (there are 2 different types) carries a 12 month sentence.
Also he’s looking at, possibly, as much as 24 months. Which means he’ll finally get the one that Steve Bannon has always wanted: a captive audience—that just happens to be in jail.
WALLACE – And we’re not even sure they’ll be captive. I’ve seen some of those press conferences.
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