BURSTFormer White House aide Steve Bannon bemoaned that former FBI Director James Comey did not walk through the front door of the Virginia courthouse where he was arraigned Wednesday on charges linked to his 2020 congressional testimony about the investigation into Russian ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
"They slipped Comey in through another entrance, so he didn't have to come through here," Bannon said on his daily "War Room" show, as the conservative host showed viewers a live feed of the courthouse in Alexandria, Va.
"This is bulls‑‑‑," he continued in comments highlighted by Mediaite, referring to the lack of a perp walk. "I don't know who at [the Justice Department] and who at the FBI, and I hope the White House understands this."
Bannon compared Comey's arraignment to his own court proceedings relating to his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena, a decision that earned him several months in prison.
Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in response to the two-count indictment, which came last month after Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute him. His trial date is set for January and is expected to last two or three days.
Trump, Bannon and others in the MAGA movement have vowed retribution against the president's perceived enemies, with Comey ranking as was one of the president's most prominent and longstanding foils.
"But they try to sit there and psychologically break you, so they got that image of you walking to court the entire time," Bannon said, complaining Comey was not seen walking through the front door.
He added, "I don’t know how James Comey’s in court right now."