Brace yourselves: Leader of push to fund Trump's border wall pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges

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This is going to just flummox everyone, I'm sure, but it appears that Brian Kolfage might not have been entirely on the up and up.

Leader of push to fund Trump's border wall pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges

By Luc Cohen

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran who helped lead a fundraising campaign to build former President Donald Trump's promised wall along the U.S.-Mexican border pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to defraud donors.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Brian Kolfage told prospective donors he would "not take a penny" as he raised more than $25 million for the "We Build the Wall" campaign, yet took more than $350,000 and spent money on a boat, a luxury SUV, a golf cart, jewelry and cosmetic surgery.

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The Miramar Beach, Florida, resident had led the fundraising push alongside former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who was also charged in August 2020.

Bannon's case was dismissed after Trump granted him a presidential pardon during the final hours of his presidency.

Looks like poor Brian was the one left holding the bag while Steve Bannon walked off scot-free. Truly there is no honor among these thieves.

[Botany]

1. " .... and spent money on cosmetic surgery."

Well, you can tell Bannon didn't spend money on that.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Or on dental work.

Is he missing a tooth?

[Brother Buzz]

3. Brian Kolfage's fatal mistake was not cutting in the orange anus on a percent of the scam

Had he done that, he'd be sitting pretty with a pardon in his pocket.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Enjoy the baloney.

Probably the only meat you'll get in prison.

[magicarpet]

5. Not just the Tangerine Fatsolinl,...

Jared,...

Ivanka,...

Possibly Donnie Junior - the gun nut fascist,...

then finally the incestuous orange daughter molester - would all want their under the table - off the records books cuts too.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R