Former top Trump White House aide Steve Bannon surrenders in New York court to face criminal charges
Source: CNBC
Former top Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon surrendered at a New York City courthouse on Thursday morning to face new state criminal charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. Bannon, 68, is due to be arraigned on the case at about 2:15 p.m. ET in Manhattan Criminal Court.
The new indictment against him, which has yet to be made public, comes more than two years after Bannon was arrested on federal charges that he and three other men defrauded donors who gave millions of dollars to fund the “We Build the Wall” campaign. That prior case ended when former President Donald Trump pardoned Bannon on his last night before leaving office in January 2021.
Bannon was one of dozens of people to receive a pardon or receive a commutation of a criminal sentence by Trump in his last weeks in office. Presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes, and do not protect people from prosecution on state charges.
As he walked into Manhattan Criminal Court, Bannon told a crowd of reporters and gawkers that the new prosecution against him is politically motivated. “This is an irony, on the very day the mayor of this city has a delegation down on the border, they’re persecuting people here,” Bannon shouted over numerous hecklers jeering him.
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