Legal fallout for Trump cronies persists despite his pardons
by Victoria Bekiempis from US news | The Guardian on (#63E9M)
Bannon joins the ranks of several Trump allies to be recently prosecuted by the Manhattan district attorney's office
When the far-right firebrand Steve Bannon was hit with fresh fraud charges for an alleged border wall fundraising scheme, he joined the ranks of several close Donald Trump cronies recently prosecuted by the Manhattan district attorney's office.
In 2019, then district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr brought mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, Trump's 2016 campaign chairman. And in 2021, the current district attorney, Alvin Bragg, charged the former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg with fraud, and Ken Kurson with felony cyberstalking, in separate cases.
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