Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, is expected to surrender for arraignment Thursday in New York City on new criminal charges involving an alleged fundraising scheme.
Trump's former White House chief strategist has had a lot of jobs in Washington, D.C., here's what to know about him.that accused Bannon and three co-defendants of conspiring to dupe donors who contributed more than $25 million to build a security wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Those who ponied up to a crowdfunding campaign allegedly were assured all of the money raised would go toward the construction project – helping to boost a signature goal of the Trump White House. However, the federal indictment in that case alleged that Bannon and his co-defendants secretly siphoned offhundreds of thousands of dollars in donations. Bannon collected more than $1 million via a non-profit organization he controlled, and used the funds to pay personal expenses and other costs, federal prosecutors allege.in the closing days of his White House term, aborting the federal case against the strategist.
However, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., launched an investigation of the alleged scheme using state criminal statutes. State criminal charges cannot be wiped away by presidential pardons. Alvin Bragg, Vance's successor as Manhattan's top local prosecutor, continued the investigation, leading to the anticipated new charges.
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