The exassor of Donald Trump Steve Bannon He has decided to declare himself guilty before a court of the New York State of a position related to your Fund collection campaign For the wall of US President Donald Trump in the Border with Mexico. Bannon, 71, declared himself guilty of a position of conspiracy to disappoint. Finally, Bannon has been sentenced to three years of probation, without prison sentence.
Bannon Fue accused of money laundering and conspiracyand accused of deceiving donors in 2019 that contributed with more than 15 million dollars to a private fundraising campaign, known as “We built the wall”, during Trump’s first mandate in the White House.
Bannon had declared himself previously innocent and planned to be tried in March, by virtue of an accusation presented by the Manhattan district prosecutor, Alvin Bragg. The construction of a border wall was a key element of Trump’s immigration policies during his first presidency, supported by his republican companions but opposed by immigrant defense groups.
The accusation says that Bannon promised donors that all their money would go to CTrump Wall Ostructionbut hid his role in the diversion of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the executive director of the campaign, Brian Kolfage, a veteran decorated from the United States Air Force that had promised not to collect salary. Kolfage declared himself guilty in April 2022 of federal fraud and tax charges, and is serving a sentence of four and a half years in prison.
Trump has made the fight against illegal immigration A central piece of his second term as president. Bannon was an advisor to the Trump presidential campaign in 2016 and served as Trump White House Chief Strategy in 2017 before they had a fight, which was then solved. Bannon has also played a fundamental role in right -wing media in the US.
Federal Manhattan prosecutors presented similar positions against Bannon in 2020, but Trump pardoned him in his last hours at the White House the following year. Trump cannot pardon Bannon for prosecutor Bragg because they were presented at the state level.
