Bannon Arrested
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Source: AP - KWQC News
NEW YORK (AP) Authorities say President Donald Trumps ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme.
Read more: https://www.kwqc.com/2020/08/20/former-trump-adviser-steve-bannon-arrested/
Voltaire2
(13,257 posts)to hold the Trump Gang.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,476 posts)Start a fundraiser. Quick!
2naSalit
(86,920 posts)woodsprite
(11,940 posts)Trumplethinskin hates sharks!
efhmc
(14,736 posts)UpInArms
(51,291 posts)My all these lowlife grifters spend the rest of their lives in shackles on 10 thread count sheets
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Wow, thats harsh.
But, seriously, does Bannon really even need sheets? Sounds elitist.
klook
(12,174 posts)The foul ichor he excretes etches the tub like some kind of mysterious acid.
UpInArms
(51,291 posts)That he does not shower ... so he wont miss having that facility.
bucolic_frolic
(43,476 posts)Oh my, that will sting!
George II
(67,782 posts)Siwsan
(26,320 posts)Gothmog
(145,839 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....to honor is former boss, trump.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)What went wrong?
Poor boy. He should have stayed in the porn business. ETTD.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)Ohiogal
(32,168 posts)I guess they still have Smirky Boy, Chachi, and My Pillow guy
And MyPillow guy is skating on thin ice since he announced his Covid-19 miracle cure.
They could ask Sarah Palin to speak, as long as she doesnt consider it prostituting herself ....
What a sorry group of criminals, dumbasses,, and losers they are!
George II
(67,782 posts)Former Trump campaign manager and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was indicted in New York on fraud charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors said.
Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the online "We Build the Wall" campaign.
Manhattan federal prosecutors allege that Bannon, campaign leader Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea "received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organizations public representations."
"We Build the Wall" began as a GoFundMe campaign in late 2018, designed to raise money directly from the public to build a border wall in the face of Congressional opposition.
dalton99a
(81,700 posts)turbinetree
(24,745 posts)marble falls
(57,479 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2naSalit
(86,920 posts)Geeze!
Princess Turandot
(4,789 posts)Starting in approximately December 2018, BRIAN KOLFAGE, STEPHEN BANNON, ANDREW BADOLATO, and TIMOTHY SHEA, and others, orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors, including donors in the Southern District of New York, in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign ultimately known as We Build The Wall that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. In particular, to induce donors to donate to the campaign, KOLFAGE repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would not take a penny in salary or compensation and that 100% of the funds raised . . . will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose because, as BANNON publicly stated, were a volunteer organization.
Those representations were false. In truth, KOLFAGE, BANNON, BADOLATO, and SHEA received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organizations public representations. In particular, KOLFAGE covertly took for his personal use more than $350,000 in funds that donors had given to We Build the Wall, while BANNON, through a non-profit organization under his control (Non-Profit-1), received over $1 million from We Build the Wall, at least some of which BANNON used to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in BANNONs personal expenses. To conceal the payments to KOLFAGE from We Build the Wall, KOLFAGE, BANNON, BADOLATO, and SHEA devised a scheme to route those payments from We Build the Wall to KOLFAGE indirectly through Non-Profit-1 and a shell company under SHEAs control, among other avenues. They did so by using fake invoices and sham vendor arrangements, among other ways, to ensure, as KOLFAGE noted in a text message to BADOLATO, that his pay arrangement remained confidential and kept on a need to know basis.
PDF:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1306611/download
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)......
bluedigger
(17,090 posts)Fla Dem
(23,875 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,155 posts)What good news to start the day.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)Bannon was investigated and arrested by United States Postal Service inspectors.
Nobody fucks with our USPS !
IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)These grifters are shameless. Maybe one day we'll see similar headlines about donations to Trump's campaign.
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)bluedigger
(17,090 posts)Headline from Gizmodo - https://gizmodo.com/steve-bannon-arrested-in-25-million-border-wall-gofund-1844786925
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Penn Voter
(247 posts)Administration! LOL!!
earthside
(6,960 posts)I am walking around the house laughing to myself ... because Trump is so predictable.
We will hear some version of: 'Steve, who?' 'He hasn't worked here in years.' 'I barely knew him.'
And finally probably later today ... 'Hey, look over there at that! Isn't that the shiniest thing you have ever seen?'
keithbvadu2
(37,039 posts)Surprised to not see super-Christian Erik Prince in there.
Omaha Steve
(99,845 posts)Improper title and dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142564809
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