Why did more than 75 news people cram into a Park Avenue hotel room meant for maybe half that number yesterday? Because Steve Bannon was released from a low-security prison in Danbury, Connecticut, and, ostensibly, we wanted to hear what Donald Trump's former campaign manager had to say one week before a presidential election that is anybody's to lose.
Perhaps we just wanted to see the show, which included several dudes on the podium who looked like they had just left prep school—a Tucker Carlson Jr. squad in suits and sneaks—including a guy reporters thought resembled either Sam Bankman-Fried or a younger Charlie Kirk.
