The 71-year-old reached a plea agreement to avoid jail time related to a scheme to build a wall along the U.S. southern border.
Steve Bannon pleaded guilty to a fraud charge related to deceiving donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border. Bannon, 71, pleaded guilty to one scheme to defraud count as part of a plea agreement to avoid jail time. The Associated Press reports that he received a three-year conditional discharge, which requires that Bannon stay out of trouble to avoid more punishment. His case was scheduled to go to trial March 4.Bannon’s deal comes after U.S.
Instead, prosecutors alleged the money was used to enrich Bannon and others involved in the project.RELATED: Co-founder of fundraising group promising to help Trump construct border wall sentenced to 4 years in prisonThe campaign, launched in 2018 after then-President Donald Trump fired Bannon as his chief strategist, raised more than $20 million and privately built a few miles of fencing along the border.
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