SDNY fraud indictment of "We Build the Wall" non-profit org. includes Steve Bannon (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

We Build The Wall purports to raise funds through a non-profit (501(c)(3)) to build segments of "Trump's Wall" (per their website). The founders include former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

Today the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of the We Build the Wall's principles for defrauding "hundreds of thousands of donors." The defendants, including Steve Bannon, have been arrested.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/p...ampaign-charged-defrauding-hundreds-thousands

 

[MT15]

What are you referring to with Johnson?

What are you referring to with Johnson?

Homeland Security Committee using debunked Russian intelligence misinformation.

 

[SaintForLife]

Homeland Security Committee using debunked Russian intelligence misinformation.

Are you talking about the Steele dossier?

 

[zztop]

surprisingly, some that donated money don't care that they got scammed. No link, but some were interviewed and they were perfectly fine with it. Some were not happy, obviously, but it is really strange to read some didn't mind they basically gave their money away for nothing

 

[Saintamaniac]

surprisingly, some that donated money don't care that they got scammed. No link, but some were interviewed and they were perfectly fine with it. Some were not happy, obviously, but it is really strange to read some didn't mind they basically gave their money away for nothing

Sends the message that they don't mind being lied to and duped out of their money as long as you are on their team and it sticks it to the libs. Remember, trump did say he loves the uneducated.

 

[efil4]

surprisingly, some that donated money don't care that they got scammed. No link, but some were interviewed and they were perfectly fine with it. Some were not happy, obviously, but it is really strange to read some didn't mind they basically gave their money away for nothing

The beauty of the con... No one ever wants to admit they were conned.

 

[zztop]

and of course Bannon (who was also arrested at the time) got away with it b/c trump pardoned him

Leader of campaign to fund Trump border wall to plead guilty to conspiracy, tax charges

A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran accused of defrauding donors in a fundraising campaign to help former President Donald Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and three tax charges.

www.reuters.com

 

[zztop]

an update (which is odd b/c I thought Trump pardoned him of all this)

edit: "Presidential pardons do not prohibit state prosecutions."

Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser, pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist to former U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to money laundering and conspiracy charges for allegedly deceiving donors to an effort to help Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

www.reuters.com

Bannon, 68, was charged in an indictment made public on Thursday with two counts of money laundering, three counts of conspiracy and one count of scheming to defraud.

 

[superchuck500]

an update (which is odd b/c I thought Trump pardoned him of all this)

edit: "Presidential pardons do not prohibit state prosecutions."

Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser, pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist to former U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to money laundering and conspiracy charges for allegedly deceiving donors to an effort to help Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

www.reuters.com

Bannon, 68, was charged in an indictment made public on Thursday with two counts of money laundering, three counts of conspiracy and one count of scheming to defraud.

Yeah, when he was pardoned, I think this was widely viewed as coming from NY. Defrauding his own supporters. Using the "wall" - a core MAGA issue. It's stunning.

How much more evidence does anyone need that MAGA is really just one giant grift? Even Trump's speech last week ran with a half-screen fundraiser image next to it.

 

[zztop]

An update

Second 'We Build The Wall' fraud trial ends in conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado businessman was convicted Friday of charges that he and others siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser to build a wall along the U.S. southern border despite a promise to donors that every cent would go toward building the wall.

apnews.com