Judge Sets Steve Bannon Criminal Fraud Trial Over Border Wall

Published on August 26, 2024

A judge ruled that former Trump adviser and campaign manager Steve Bannon must face a New York criminal trial related to a private-backed initiative to fund former President Donald Trump’s U.S.–Mexico border wall. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice April Newbauer, who issued a ruling on the matter on Aug. 23, denied Bannon’s motion to dismiss the charges. Currently, Bannon is being held in a federal prison on contempt of Congress charges and is slated to be released in October. In the wall case, Bannon was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office—the same office that charged Trump separately over falsifying business records in 2022—with conspiracy for allegedly deceiving donors, as well as with money laundering. Bannon has pleaded not guilty to the charges....

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