Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and longtime ally of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a fraud charge related to the 'We Build the Wall' campaign. Bannon admitted to deceiving donors who contributed to the private effort to construct a border wall. As part of a plea agreement, he avoided jail time and received a three-year conditional discharge. Bannon has claimed the case is politically motivated and called for an investigation into the prosecutors involved.
Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border — a case the conservative strategist has decried as a "political persecution.", a longtime ally of President Donald Trump , pleaded guilty to one scheme to defraud count as part of a plea agreement that spares him from jail time in the "We Build the Wall" scheme.
"This resolution achieves our primary goal: to protect New York's charities and New Yorkers' charitable giving from fraud," Bragg said in a statement. Bannon had been planning an aggressive defense strategy and recently hired a new team of attack dog lawyers who sought to portray the case to jurors as a selective and malicious prosecution.
He was accused of falsely promising donors that all money given to the We Build the Wall campaign would go toward building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, prosecutors alleged the money was used to enrich Bannon and others involved in the project.
STEVE BANNON 'WE BUILD THE WALL' FRAUD DONALD TRUMP LEGAL CASE PLED GUILTY
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