Steve Bannon, is declared guilty in case of border wall fraud. Bannon was an advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term. Your case is related to the construction of the border wall with Mexico.
Donald Trump's ex -analysis Steve Bannon declared guilty This Tuesday, before a New York State Court of a fraud charge related to its fundraising campaign to raise a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico.
At an audience, Bannon, 71, declared himself guilty of a charge of defrauding plan, for which he was sentenced to three years of probation, with what the jail avoids.
Bannon was accused of money laundering and conspiracy, and accused of deceiving donors in 2019 that contributed more than $ 15 million to a private fundraising campaign, known as “Let's build the wall”, during Trump's first mandate In the White House.
Bannon had declared himself previously innocent and was planned to be tried in March, by virtue of an accusation presented by the Office of the Manhattan district prosecutor, Alvin Bragg.
The construction of a border wall was a key element of Trump's immigration policies during his first presidency, supported by his republican companions but to which immigrants defenders opposed.
Bannon was an advisor to Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and served as Trump's chief strategist at the White House in 2017 before they had a dispute they later fixed.
Trump cannot pardon Bannon for Bragg's charges because they were presented at the state level.