Kamala Harris delivers ‘closing argument’ in Washington – as it happened

Victoria Bekiempis At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, about 12 hours after his release from prison, Steve Bannon railed against Democrat Nancy Pelosi, attorney general Merrick Garland and Harris, again claiming that he was a “political prisoner”. “The system is broken,” he said, claiming the justice department was “weaponized” to punish Trump supporters and gut his popular podcast, in an effort to thwart Maga’s influence. Bannon also claimed that he met a lot of “working class minorities” behind bars, saying he listened to, and learned from, them. They disliked Harris, he claimed, referring to the former prosecutor as the “queen of mass incarcerations”. Doubling down on his War Room statements this morning, where Bannon insisted that prison had empowered him, he also said: “Nancy Pelosi, suck on that.” Bannon also thanked the prison for giving him the opportunity to teach civics to about 100 students, noting that he had Puerto Rican and Dominican students. Bannon discussed his encounters with people of color at several points today, in an apparent effort to deflect anti-Latino commentary from Trump supporters. man wearing tan jacket speaks to reporters View image in fullscreen Steve Bannon holds press conference in New York City after his release from federal jail in Connecticut, on Tuesday. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters Share Updated at 16.11 EDT The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard Nearly 3.2 million voters have cast ballots in the 2024 general election in North Carolina as of Tuesday at noon. The North Carolina state board of elections made the announcement on Tuesday, adding that 3.2 million voters represents a turnout of 40.7% of registered voters in the state. Just over 3m of the votes were cast in-person, and about 170,000 were cast via mail in ballot. Through the end of the day on Monday, more than 2.9 million voters had cast ballots in person during the first 12 days of the early voting period, which the elections officials said was an increase of 11.9% compared with 2020. Interestingly, turnout in the 25 western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene continue to outpace statewide turnout, the election board added. For more information, visit us at https://www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com/.