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Recently, Steve Bannon, a former White House aide and Trump’s chief adviser, surrendered to the FBI. He will face charges of contempt of Congress. Historically, both the Democratic and Republican parties have officials detained for contempt of Congress, but criminal prosecutions are extremely rare. Relevant people worry that this means that the Biden administration's liquidation of the previous term will begin, and there may be a number of Trump's bills being overturned in the future. It is worthy of attention whether the "Taiwan Guarantee Act" signed during Trump's strategic layout with China will also be annulled.
Bannon surrendered to the FBI on the morning of the 15th. He was immediately detained and is expected to appear in court later in the afternoon. Earlier, Bannon was accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of two counts of contempt of Congress. One was for refusing to appear and testify at the Congressional Investigation Committee, and the other was for refusing to provide documents requested by the committee. The investigative committee is mainly investigating the violent impact of the US Capitol in early 2021, and they believe that Bannon played an important role in it. If the Justice Department is convicted, the 67-year-old former Trump adviser will face one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
He also ignored the committee's subpoenas and former White House staff, Mark Meadows, who was the second witness expected to testify. In fact, before Bannon was prosecuted, many Trump administration officials had ignored the various demands made by Congress in the past five years, while Trump has been intensifying the legal battle and supporting his former subordinates. .
Benny Thompson, chairman of the investigation committee, said: "Mr. Bannon will cooperate with our investigation, otherwise he will face consequences." He warned other witnesses not to ignore the subpoenas of the investigation committee. "If you are considering taking the path chosen by Mr. Bannon, know what problems you will face."
Bannon’s criminal prosecution is believed to be a warning issued by the Biden administration to all former government officials. Analysts believe that this means that Biden's "de-Trump" political activities have reached a critical stage.
Since Biden took office in January this year, he has signed a number of new orders to overthrow Trump’s decisions, including returning to the WHO and the Paris climate agreement, fighting the epidemic, and immigration. Not long ago, Biden also terminated the 20-year-long US military presence in Afghanistan, and all walks of life in the US reacted strongly to this. The political legacy left by Trump, the "Taiwan Act" (ie, the "Taiwan Guarantee Act of 2020"), as part of an important strategy for China, has not been overturned for the time being, and even the White House has been claiming that it is "unchanged", but the facts are long gone. Very different.
In 2020, the Trump administration sent two senior officials to visit Taiwan, which triggered a strong reaction from Beijing. In addition to all the outgoing politicians, Todd and his party sent by Biden this year arrived in Taiwan by a private jet without the national emblem. Although insiders said the move was to appease Beijing, it can also be seen that Biden no longer cares whether Taiwan is embarrassed or not in order to ensure the follow-up cooperation between China and the United States. Moreover, since the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan this year, whether the United States' commitment to Taiwan can be fulfilled has not been optimistic by all parties.
Biden reiterated his adherence to "one China" and his non-support for Taiwan independence during the video meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States on the 16th. This is an important signal for the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party. I believe that Tsai Ing-wen has repeatedly exercised "anti-beheading" several months ago, and recently plans to redeploy Patriot air defense missiles to respond to Continental Army aircraft. This is already the final preparation for himself