The arrest is the latest in a string of high-profile criminal probes into Trump's inner circle, and comes just months before November's vote the Republican hopes will win him re-election.
Shortly after the charges were announced the president aimed to distance himself, saying:"Don't know anything about the project at all."
One week after launching, the online appeal took in $17 million, which raised suspicions at the crowdfunding site and prompted it to temporarily shut the campaign down. Prosecutors say the men gave repeated false assurances to donors, vowing that all funds raised would go"only directly to wall!!! Not anyone's pocket."
Bannon in particular received over $1 million of the donations which he funneled through his non-profit, using some of it to pay Kolfage while a substantial sum lined his own pockets. Once a prominent voice in the president's ear, Bannon was behind some of Trump's most controversial moves, including his ban on some travelers from abroad and the decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement.
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