(New York) – Former White House aide Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday on charges that he and three other donors snatched an online donation program “Let’s build the wall.” The charges were in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court contain. Attorney General said that Bannon and three others “orchestrated a plan for hundreds of thousands of defrauded donors” in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that has raised more than $25 to build more millions on a wall along the southern border of the United States . Several messages were left for Bannon to comment spokesperson research and his lawyer. According to the indictment, Bannon has promised that 100% of the donated money would be used for the project, but the defendants hundreds of thousands of dollars in a way that is not shared with the organization of public presentations. Prosecutors said he falsified invoices and bogus contracts “Seller”, to hide among other possibilities, what is really happening. We build the wall originally a project for 3 miles of fence posts in South Texas promoted that were ultimately built and financed largely by Fisher Industries, which has received more than $2 billion in funding for contracts Wall. Tommy Fisher, CEO, did not respond to requests for comment. Trump criticized recently that part of the wall after they showed signs of erosion and said that it would “only I did to make him look bad”, although it was built by his followers. Bannon led the Conservative Breitbart news before being tapped to serve in his last critical months as CEO of the Trump campaign when he pushed a scorched-earth policy that contains the stories of former President Bill Clinton highlighted the accusers. After the election, he served as chief strategist during the turbulent first month of Trump Management. The talk blunt, combative Bannon was the nationalist conservatism alien voice, and put Trump on some of his controversial campaign promise to follow through, including his travel ban on other countries with Muslim majorities. But Bannon advisers clashed with others and its high profile at times angered Trump. It was 2017. In August Bannon, who served in the Navy and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before becoming a Hollywood producer, was hosting pro-Trump pushed “War Room” podcast called one who has It began during the impeachment of President and continued during the pandemic. __ Long and Colvin reported from Washington. AP reporter Jennifer Peltz contributed from New York. Picture copyright by Thierry Monasse-Getty Images
Former White House aide Steve Bannon arrested in connection with fraud scheme
