Stephanie Grisham Donald TrumpThe former White House press secretary said on Saturday that the former Trump adviser Steve Bannon Think that being sued for contempt of others is a “Medal of Honor” Congress In the Capitol riot investigation.
period Appeared with CNN’s Jim Acosta (Jim Acosta)Grisham talked about the situation in which senior White House staff were summoned by the Special House Committee to investigate the January 6 riots, including Bannon on Friday.
“I definitely think Bannon will almost wear it as a badge of honor and martyrs,” she said. “When I was there, that was the mentality of the White House. Anything we do is a badge of honor.”
Before being prosecuted for refusing to comply with Congressional subpoenas, Bannon talked about The 2020 presidential election also predicted a “constitutional crisis.”
“We will end on November 3 [the last presidential election] We will cancel the certification [2020] Voters, okay? You will encounter a constitutional crisis. But did you know? We are a big and tough country, and we can deal with it. We will be able to handle it. We will get through it,” he said.
Grisham recalled Saturday that Bannon was “very good” at telling Trump what he wanted to hear.
Former press spokesperson Grisham told us that Bannon and others considered the federal allegations to be “Medal of Honor…” and the committee should look at Trump’s meeting at the White House on January 6th: “Many meetings are held in the White House. , You know, I hope they are viewing the call log.” pic.twitter.com/Psv9xmuGnL
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Grisham added, “I remember when we would violate the Hatch Act in the White House. It was a medal of honor. It was a joke at the White House. The president once said to us,’Do you know who is in charge of the Hatch Act? It’s me, speak up, just say whatever you want.”
She also said that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was equally proud of ignoring subpoenas.he Did not appear before the committee on Friday.
“That core group [former Trump officials], They will wear it as a badge of honor,” she said. “Especially Meadows, it is obvious that he wants to stand on Trump’s good side. “
Grisham said Trump will try to benefit from what happened to Bannon, Meadows and other former officials who were summoned.
“this [former] The president will say that we need to raise funds for this, don’t worry, the patriots will come forward.This will make everyone excited about 2022 [election] Then the select committee will leave,” she predicted.
“The former president is very good at calming you down and telling you everything will be fine, you just have to fight, fight, fight,” Grisham said.
Grisham resigned on the day of the Capitol riots on January 6. She had previously talked about Trump’s potential plans. She said that if he is re-elected as president, it will benefit him.
October, she said In the interview Meet the media Trump will focus on “retaliation, revenge and how he can benefit himself.”
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“I think this will be a very scary moment. He is now on a vengeance journey with the people who voted to impeach him,” Grisham added. “I believe that if he is re-elected, it will be a very scary moment.”
The former press secretary was criticized for not resigning from the Trump administration as soon as possible, but argued that she had tried to leave several times in the past six months ending on January 6; however, the former first lady Melania Trump Will persuade her not to give up.
Grisham said that she regretted that she was “involved in something unusually evil” for so long.
On Saturday, Grisham wrote on Twitter: “Choose not to forgive me, but at least listen to my insights so that we will never repeat the same mistakes again.”
