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Thursday, August 20, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested in fraud scam
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNEW YORK — Former White House adviser Steve Bannon is arrested on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.”
The charges are contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
Federal prosecutors allege 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 $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.
A phone at the office of Bannon’s lawyer went unanswered this morning. A spokeswoman for Bannon doesn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
— AP
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