Bannon is set to appear in front of Judge Juan Merchan in connection with the 'We Build the Wall' defauding case.
Top Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon is set to appear in a New York court Wednesday in connection with allegations that he defrauded people who donated to a campaign to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.Bannon, a former White House senior adviser, is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Juan Merchan for a pretrial motion hearing at the New York Supreme Criminal Court, where Bannon's lawyers are expected to argue that the case should be thrown out.
Manhattan prosecutors revived the investigation in September 2022 with state-level charges against Bannon, which are not covered by presidential pardons.Bannon was also found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 after defying a subpoena issued to him by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack. He has not spent any time in jail, pending the result of an appeal.In April 2023, Brian Kolfage, a U.S.
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