Thursday, August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, Former Trump Adviser Arrested for Fraud


Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday on charges that he and three others illicitly took money from donors in an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall".

The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.br />
Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others "orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors" in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25m to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.