Article 63B8C Steve Bannon to be indicted on fresh fraud charges over border wall – sources

Steve Bannon to be indicted on fresh fraud charges over border wall – sources

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Hugo Lowell
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Former Trump strategist to face state charges over fundraising for the wall that likely mirror a federal case in which he was pardoned

Top former Trump strategist Steve Bannon is expected to be indicted on Thursday on state fraud charges connected to his role in a fundraising scheme to build a border wall, according to two sources familiar with the matter, years after he received a presidential pardon in the federal case.

The expected move by the Manhattan district attorney's office was quietly communicated to Bannon in recent days, the sources said of the sealed indictment, and indicated the state charges will likely mirror the federal case in which he was pardoned.

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