“You were lending your credibility and the credibility of the Department of Homeland Security to what prosecutors say is a scam,” Tapper noted. “Do you regret that? Are you embarrassed by it?”
, which federal prosecutors now allege was a scam to personally enrich former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon and campaign founder Brian Kolfage.
Bannon is accused of skimming over $1 million to pay personal expenses and secretly pay Kolfage, while Kolfage allegedly took over $350,000 from the campaign, in part to purchase a boat called Warfighter. Bannon has pleaded not guilty, claiming the charges are a “political hit job.”, Tapper brought up the acting DHS chief’s praise of the private border wall fundraiser last yearthat he “welcome[d]” as “part of the solution.
The CNN anchor pointed out that Wolf made an unannounced visit to El Paso to observe the project, prompting Wolf to claim it was merely part of his “first trip” to the border” as acting secretary, adding that he was just trying “to get a sense of everything” going on in the area. The State of the Union host then noted that the fundraising campaign advertised Wolf’s support of the project in the past. Wolf, for his part, asserted that DHS had previously asked We Build the Wall to take down that press release, as it was inaccurate.
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