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Type: Transcript / interview excerpt (house oversight committee document)
File Size: 2.23 MB
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This document appears to be a transcript page from a House Oversight Committee file, featuring a monologue by Steve Bannon. Bannon criticizes the 2008 financial bailouts, arguing they burdened middle-class taxpayers while benefiting 'crony capitalists,' executives, and shareholders who faced no accountability. He claims Congress recommended criminal indictments for 35 executives to the Justice Department, but no action was taken due to systemic corruption involving law firms, banks, and politicians.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Bannon Speaker
Discussing financial bailouts, capitalism, and populist movements.
35 executives Subjects of investigation
Executives recommended for criminal indictment by Congress to the Justice Department.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
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Justice Department
Received recommendations for indictments from Congress.
Congress
Conducted investigations into financial mismanagement.
Democrats
Mentioned as being in power during the lack of follow-up on indictments.

Timeline (2 events)

2008
Financial Bailouts
The West
Banks Government Taxpayers
Unknown (Past)
Congressional Investigations
Capitol Hill
Congress Executives

Locations (4)

Location Context
Referenced in context of Judeo-Christian values and banking systems.
Location of political decision-making.
Cited as a location of populist revolt.
Cited as a location of populist revolt.

Relationships (2)

Bannon Advocate/Commentator Working-class people
Bannon argues that working-class people were unfairly burdened by elite bailouts.
Congress Governmental oversight Justice Department
Congress recommended indictments to the Justice Department.

Key Quotes (4)

"I think the bailouts in 2008 were wrong."
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"Here’s how capitalism metastasized, is that all the burdens put on the working-class people who get none of the upside."
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Quote #2
"All of the upside goes to the crony capitalists."
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Quote #3
"In fact, one of the committees in Congress said to the Justice Department 35 executives, I believe, that they should have criminal indictments against — not one of those has ever been followed up on."
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