Bannon surrenders to New York prosecutors over border wall crowdfunding campaign
by Makena Kelly from The Verge - All Posts on (#63DBR)
Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images Steve Bannon, Trump ally and former White House adviser, surrendered himself to the Manhattan district attorney's office on Thursday and is expected to face charges related to his role in an online crowdfunding effort to fulfill Trump's promise to build a wall along the US's southern border with Mexico, according to CNN.
Bannon and three others were previously arrested and charged with defrauding donors to their We Build the Wall" online fundraising campaign. The group raised over $25 million to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, promising to use 100 percent" of donations to fund the wall's construction. But the group was found to have paid more than $1 million to cover personal expenses, including boats, an SUV, and cosmetic...