Slilppery

 This week, noted blob of oven grease Steve Bannon surrendered to authorities. He was taken into custody for charges related to his role in "We Build the Wall," an online fundraising campaign for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He was arrested two years ago on charges of defrauding donors who gave millions of dollars to fund the construction of a wall along our southern border. That bump in the road to justice was eliminated when, in the waning moments of his former boss' administration he and a number of other felons were granted "presidential" pardons. The blob of oven grease slithered free.

Until now. 

Though the federal charges have been pardoned, the state of New York has taken it upon themselves to pick up where the pardon left off. "Presidential" pardons do not cover indictments brought by a state. And since the blob of oven grease's former boss is currently dealing with his own smelly kettle of fish, it would appear that rescue may not be forthcoming. 

Two of Bannon's border-wall-bilking bros have already plead guilty to their federal charges, since they didn't rate a "presidential" pardon. A third defendant's trial ended up deadlocked, with a new trial scheduled for October. Go ahead and toss in the guilty verdicts on the two charges of criminal contempt of Congress, and all of a sudden you've got yourself a legal hat trick. 

And somehow, Steve Bannon, that slippery blog of oven grease, remains free to blather on about how mistreated he is. Poor, poor Steve Bannon. Millionaire. In what may be a totally unrelated note beyond finances, Mister Bannon owns one percent of the syndication rights to the sitcom Seinfeld. 

Or maybe it's not that bizarre: In the finale of that series, Jerry and his friends are found guilty of "criminal indifference" and sentenced to a year in jail. A cursory look at the life and work of Steve Bannon would suggest that not only is he a blob of oven grease, he is a criminally indifferent blob of oven grease. Who needs to be put in jail for at least a year. Just make sure it's one of those maximum security deals where he can't slip between the bars.