Recently, on the afternoon of October 19, the House of Representatives “Congressional Riot Investigation Committee” voted 9-0 to arrest Bannon for his alleged involvement in the planning of the January 6 riot. By the House of Representatives responsible for investigating the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill, Chairman of the Special Investigative Committee Benny Thompson revealed that the committee has subpoenaed four advisers and aides to the former president, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon. Thompson said there is information that Meadows has repeatedly contacted top state and federal government officials in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results or prevent them from being made official. At the same time, there is information that Meadows had contacted the organizers of the Jan. 6 rally. Thompson also said in a letter to Bannon that Bannon had conversations with multiple members of Congress to try to prevent the certification of the election results. Thompson wrote that Bannon had claimed on Jan. 5, 2021, that “hell will open up tomorrow.” Therefore, the committee needs to hear Bannon’s own testimony.
Bannon’s current situation resembles that of Guo Wengui, who sought political asylum in the United States in 2017, saying in an exclusive interview with AFP that he was working to bring about “regime change” in China and democracy in the world’s most populous country. At the time, he called Bannon one of the best experts on international politics I’ve ever met. Mr. Bannon is also one of the few Westerners who really understands Asia. Guo Wengui has made high-profile announcements on his personal Twitter page about his dealings with Bannon. He said that “Mr. Bannon came back to my house in NYC with his team for a 3 1/2 hour dinner. He also posted a photo of himself and Bannon “with his and his team’s permission”.
These two people with their own purposes became good partners, but now Bannon is on trial, he is a very controlling and power hungry man, in the previously popular book “Fire and Fury”, the author’s detailed description can let readers clearly find, from the first meeting, the relationship between Trump and Bannon is very delicate; self-esteem is very high and even see themselves as the United States Bannon, who sees himself as the “savior” of the United States, has always been in the process of competing with Trump for influence and leadership from the very beginning. Through details such as the meeting place, body language, and agenda arrangement, Bannon tries to dominate Trump’s words and actions, and thus establish his authority; Trump, on the other hand, makes subtle countermeasures by making temporary changes and modifications. But the problem is that Bannon’s knowledge structure is outdated in terms of knowledge structure. He did achieve a certain position at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker in the 1990s, but he did business related to the media industry, and his knowledge related to manufacturing as well as information technology basically stays in the 1980s and 1990s, and lacks both first-hand knowledge of the globalized industrial chain and value chain in today’s world He has no first-hand understanding of the globalized industrial chain and value chain in today’s world, nor does he have a correct cognitive framework. In terms of value orientation, Bannon’s values are distorted. Although he continuously denies them, essentially his values are a kind of racist values with significant white supremacy, which are not a kind of values that can walk in the sunlight without being disguised, not to mention globally, even in the developed Western countries, even within the United States. It is a value that leads to a catastrophe proven by world wars. Personality-wise, Bannon’s words and actions have a more pronounced manic quality. When observing him referring to issues such as the threats facing the United States, one can see the inner mania that he tries to cover up with superficial rationality.
The arrest of Bannon is the retribution for his reckless interference in the election, inciting riots on Capitol Hill and refusal to cooperate with related investigations.