Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon will stand trial in May 2024 for allegedly defrauding donors to the ‘We Build the Wall’ online fundraising campaign. on his last night in office after Bannon was indicted on federal charges of defrauding donors to the “We Build the Wall” crowdfunding effort to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The state charges Bannon now faces were brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and allege that Bannon and “We Build the Wall” defrauded 430 Manhattan-based donors out of $33,600. Across New York state, there were more than 11,000 donors defrauded out of more than $730,000, according to the indictment.
Steve Bannon, former advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves after a court appearance at NYS Supreme Court on May 25, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images pleaded not guilty to the charges in September.
Prosecutors say “We Build the Wall” raised $15 million from donors across the country based on “false pretenses,” citing a pledge organizers made that the group’s president would take no salary. Instead, the campaign’s president, Brian Kolfage, received a salary of $250,000 that was secretly funneled to him by Bannon, prosecutors say. headtopics.com
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