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Steve Bannon: “This had to happen between the courts and the executive…”

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

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Trump's Power & the Rule of Law: Steve Bannon (interview) | FRONTLINE

Published | Video Starts at 1:05:12

Bill Barr and that crowd, the Bush, all that crowd and they talk about Cheney and all that. This is actually a fight that had to happen. This had to happen between the courts and the executive branch. Okay? It's happened because Trump and people around him understand the Constitution, understand what we have to do to get back to a constitutional republic, to take on the administrative state and take on the deep state, chaining those guys. (1:05:12–1:05:17)

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Asserts that a confrontation between the courts and the executive branch was necessary.

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