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Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud case, avoids jail time

Steve Bannon has pleaded guilty to fraud related to a campaign to build parts of Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, admitting to bilking donors in a Manhattan courtroom.
Bannon's plea agreement includes a three-year conditional discharge sentence, meaning he will avoid jail time.
He will not have to pay any restitution to the donor victims, despite the group allegedly defrauding them of $15 million.
Bannon's lawyer stated that he did not personally pocket any of the money from the donations.

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With Another Felony Conviction, Will Nigel Farage's Pal Steve Bannon be Barred from the UK?

The American thought leader of a right-wing international political movement with tentacles throughout the English-speaking world just pled guilty to a felony crime involving moral turpitude. The jet-setting anti-immigration activist Steve Bannon may soon find himself partly cut off from the key places of his global network of traditionalist politicians by Immigration Rules that ban felons from entry to the UK, Canada, and Australia. Notorious…

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Wonkette

Steve Bannon Dodges Prison For A World Where Steve Bannon Is Obsolete

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Bannon: Back and Back Big

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Steve Bannon pleads guilty in “We Build the Wall” donor fraud case

Longtime ally to President Trump, Steve Bannon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony fraud for helping to defraud donors who were giving money to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser to build a wall at the southern U.S. border. In exchange for the guilty plea in New York criminal court, Bannon, 71, was sentenced to three years conditional discharge, and waived his right to appeal. Prosecutor Jeffrey Levinson said in a statement: “The parties ha…

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Former Trump adviser Bannon pleads guilty to defrauding donors in border wall fundraising scheme

Steve Bannon, a White House adviser to US President Donald Trump during his first term, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors in a fundraising campaign that claimed to support the construction of a wall along the southern US border. The plea deal allows Bannon to avoid prison time under a three-year conditional charge, compared to the convictions and jail sentences awarded to several co-conspirators. The plea deal imposes several restri…

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Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty in Border Wall Case and Avoids Jail Time - News Addicts

War Room host and former Chief Strategist for President Trump, Steve Bannon, pleaded guilty Tuesday in his latest lawfare case involving the WeBuildtheWall national security effort. “Steve Bannon is pleading guilty to one count of “Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree” and will receive three years of unconditional discharge,” according to Grace Chong of […] The post Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty in Border Wall Case and Avoids Jail Time appeared fi…

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