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Steve Bannon: “This goes back to FDR and the packing of the court.”

Featuring: Steve Bannon, Former White House Chief Strategist | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:05:12

And what we're trying to do is go back and try to more and more in the coming weeks is make sure our audience understands This goes back to FDR and the packing of the court. But specifically it goes back very much to Watergate and the judicial insurrection you had in Watergate in the same court, in this D.C. court that's out of control with Sirica, okay? (1:05:12–1:05:17)

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Asserts that current judicial issues trace back to FDR's court-packing efforts.

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