Former Donald Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon arrested for fraud
We Build the Wall was sold as a volunteer organisation, but Bannon received more than $1m from the group
20 August 2020 - 16:41
New York — Stephen Bannon, one of the architects of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has been arrested over his involvement in an online fundraising group that raised more than $25m to help fund a wall on the US-Mexico border.
Despite portraying We Build the Wall as a volunteer organisation, Bannon received more than $1m from the group, some of which was used to pay for his personal expenses, prosecutors said...
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