Bannon tore into Musk, revealing another fissure in the MAGA world over Trump's highly touted Stargate project.
Trump's former chief strategist not officially part of the new administration. That won't stop his influence from being felt across the beltway.
Steve Bannon wants more aggressive lawyers to represent him in his trial on charges he defrauded donors to "We Build the Wall," he argued in a court hearing Wednesday.
Trump ally Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk and said he would “do anything” to keep the world’s richest person out of the White House in a new interview with an Italian newspaper, weeks after Bannon publicly derided Musk for his defense of a skilled visa program.
Bannon's money laundering and conspiracy case was originally scheduled for trial in 2023 but has been repeatedly delayed.
Bannon is set to head to trial on fraud charges in February, but has now retained Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins to represent him at trial and is seeking a brief adjournment. Bannon's trial has now been rescheduled at least three times.
Why it matters: The conservative media firebrand, a leading MAGA voice, has already noted his dissent against Trump's alignment with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — but the president-elect has seemingly sided with the world's richest man.
Arthur Aidala has also defended disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bannon, a political strategist and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, had been scheduled to stand trial Feb. 25 in the “We Build the Wall” case in state court in New York. It will now start March 4, Judge April Newbauer said.
President Trump’s executive orders pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1,600 Jan. 6 participants, including some who assaulted officers.
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon slammed Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday, calling him out for his criticism of President Trump’s newly announced infrastructure project for artificial