Opinion: Steve Bannon’s troubles are just beginning
4 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Steve Bannon’s troubles are just beginning

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. CNN — Thursday’s federal indictment of Steve Bannon, former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, is very bad news for Bannon – and potentially for many others. Elie Honig The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has charged Bannon and three other defendants with a massive fraud scheme. The defendants operated a crowdfunding campaign called “We the People Build the Wall.” Its initial premise was that all donations would be handed over to the federal government to pay for construction of Trump’s long promised southern border wall between the United States and Mexico. The indictment mentions that the evidence includes “fake invoices and sham ‘vendor’ arrangements,” plus documents showing how the defendants created and used empty shell corporations to try to hide the flow of money from “We the People Build the Wall” into their own pockets.

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Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts 'lawfare' as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts 'lawfare' as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message Tuesday for prosecutors in cases against him and President-elect Donald Trump. Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts 'lawfare' as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint “You wait. The hunted are about to become the hunters,” Bannon …

Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts ‘lawfare’ as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts ‘lawfare’ as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message Tuesday for prosecutors in cases against him and President-elect Donald Trump. The hunted are about to become the hunters,” Bannon said outside a New York court where he’s now facing a state conspiracy trial as soon as next …

Trump's hush money judge quietly missing from Bannon's next appearance: court records
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's hush money judge quietly missing from Bannon's next appearance: court records

Raw Story  

Steve Bannon will apparently get a fill-in judge for at least one of his criminal charity fraud case hearings. In at least one of the upcoming hearings where the 70-year-old was slapped with state charges in a charity fraud case, he won't appear before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. "It appears Bannon's New York criminal case is no longer …

Bannon put on notice that prison sentence may be 'the least of his problems'
7 months ago

Bannon put on notice that prison sentence may be 'the least of his problems'

Raw Story  

Steve Bannon's trial tribulations may have only just begun as he readies himself for prison and the district attorney who secured former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction prepares to take him to court in New York, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday night. "Ironically," Kirschner said, "a four-month prison term might end up being the least of Steve Bannon's problems." …

Steve Bannon reveals Trump plans to prosecute his enemies one by one
7 months ago

Steve Bannon reveals Trump plans to prosecute his enemies one by one

Raw Story  

Donald Trump frequently muses about prosecuting his enemies at rallies, during interviews and in social media posts, and his former chief strategist Steve Bannon revealed his allies are scheming to carry out those threats. If the recently convicted ex-president wins re-election, his top supporters will urge him to target Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg and his other perceived political enemies …

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe

Hindustan Times  

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to former President Donald Trump, for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump's longtime ally for defying a subpoena from …

​Bad tidings for Steve Bannon: Associate sentenced to 5 years for 'We Build the Wall' fraud
1 year, 5 months ago

​Bad tidings for Steve Bannon: Associate sentenced to 5 years for 'We Build the Wall' fraud

Raw Story  

Steve Bannon associate Timothy Shea was sentenced today to 5 1/4 years in federal prison for defrauding thousands of donors in the “We Build the Wall” fundraising scam. Bannon’s trial is scheduled to begin May 27 before Judge Juan Merchan, who is also overseeing Bragg’s unrelated criminal business fraud case against Trump. In New York, Bannon faces a six-count indictment …

Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon gets four months in prison
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon gets four months in prison

Al Jazeera  

Bannon plans to appeal sentencing for contempt of Congress conviction over his refusal to comply with January 6 panel. Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to former US President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year’s attack on the US Capitol. Prosecutor JP Cooney said at Friday’s hearing …

Steve Bannon should get 6-month sentence, Justice Dept. says
2 years, 2 months ago

Steve Bannon should get 6-month sentence, Justice Dept. says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department declared Monday that Steve Bannon should serve six months behind bars and pay a $200,000 fine for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Convicted last summer, the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump should get a hefty sentence because he “pursued a bad-faith …

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in donor fraud case
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in donor fraud case

Al Jazeera  

Bannon is indicted on money laundering and conspiracy charges related to a campaign to build a US-Mexico border wall. Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former US President Donald Trump, has been indicted on six criminal charges related to Trump’s effort to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Steve Bannon has surrendered at the Manhattan DAs office — quite …

Steve Bannon expected to turn himself in after new indictment
2 years, 4 months ago

Steve Bannon expected to turn himself in after new indictment

Al Jazeera  

Former US president’s adviser Bannon pledges to fight ‘phony charges’ in case that reportedly ‘mirrors aspects’ of earlier federal fraud probe. Former United States President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been indicted in a new criminal case in New York, and is expected to turn himself in on Thursday, The Washington Post newspaper has reported. The Washington Post, citing …

Bannon’s criminal contempt trial on track for next week
2 years, 5 months ago

Bannon’s criminal contempt trial on track for next week

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Thursday that the criminal contempt trial of Steve Bannon can start as scheduled next week and that the extensive media coverage of the onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump should not be a barrier to selecting an unbiased jury to hear the case. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols had earlier in the week …

Steve Bannon's criminal indictment is the best thing that's ever happened to him
3 years, 1 month ago

Steve Bannon's criminal indictment is the best thing that's ever happened to him

Salon  

So Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser and current podcaster, got indicted on federal charges again. Bannon went on to promote Monday's lineup for his War Room: Pandemic podcast before addressing his followers directly: "I want you guys to stay focused and stay on message. "If Republicans could cast enough of a shadow on Biden's victory on January 6, Bannon said, …

‘The stakes are enormous': Bannon case tests Congress’ power
3 years, 2 months ago

‘The stakes are enormous': Bannon case tests Congress’ power

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. If Congress can’t perform its oversight job, the message sent to “the general public is these subpoenas are a joke,” said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official. “If the House of Representatives certifies a criminal contempt citation, the …

Man released after arrest in connection with Steve Bannon fraud
4 years, 4 months ago

Man released after arrest in connection with Steve Bannon fraud

Daily Mail  

The Purple Heart triple amputee Iraq veteran charged along with Steve Bannon and two others with stealing money from the We Build The Wall GoFundMe account was released from custody within hours of his arrest on Thursday, according to his TikTok star wife. They used shell companies and a not-for-profit formed by Bannon to launder the money back to Kolfage …

Trump Laments Arrest of His Former Close Adviser Steve Bannon as a 'Sad Event'
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump Laments Arrest of His Former Close Adviser Steve Bannon as a 'Sad Event'

News 18  

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he feels “very badly” about the arrest of his former close adviser Steve Bannon but knows nothing about the fundraising organization involved in the federal criminal case. “I do think it’s a sad event,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I haven’t dealt with him at all now for years, literally years.” Bannon, …

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