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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 14:07:30 GMT
CNN: Bannon in custody, SDNY, multi millions collected for his "Build the Wall" scheme ..... Crowd funding, monies 100s of thousands used for PERSONAL expenses. They have documents listing false payments etc.... DOJ was aware of ongoing cases...
Earlier dt was distancing himself from "Bannon's Wall".. That's the small piece built that has been eroding,,, Ha ha Recent.y dt praised Bannon for his praises of dt!
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Post by casii on Aug 20, 2020 14:32:18 GMT
I'm sure Trump hardly knew the guy. LOL At least, we should be looking for that tweet soon.
Why is it that Trump surrounds himself with these thieving grifters and yet the cult of Trump continues their blind devotion to him?
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Post by sueg on Aug 20, 2020 14:35:28 GMT
I only hope that his trial is after dt is voted out, so he can’t be pardoned.
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Post by Merge on Aug 20, 2020 14:41:28 GMT
I'm sure Trump hardly knew the guy. LOL At least, we should be looking for that tweet soon. Why is it that Trump surrounds himself with these thieving grifters and yet the cult of Trump continues their blind devotion to him? Because they have no problem with a thieving grifter who purportedly uses money to build a wall to keep out the brown immigrants.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 20, 2020 14:42:17 GMT
I only hope that his trial is after dt is voted out, so he can’t be pardoned. Well, not with another *8* years as Trump thinks he will have
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 14:50:36 GMT
The rich and famous................ Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and three others were arrested and charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors who contributed to a fundraising campaign for a private border wall, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday. Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea allegedly defrauded donors of the online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall,” which raised more than $25 million, the office said. The four defendants are expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon. "As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction," Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said. The four men are facing charges including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Each charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Bannon, who also served as chief executive of the Trump campaign in 2016, is the latest member of Trump's inner circle to face criminal charges. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his communications with a Russian diplomat. He has since backed out of a plea agreement and the Department of Justice is seeking to withdraw its case against him. Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, is serving more than seven years in prison on an array of bank and tax fraud charges. And Trump commuted the three year and four-month prison sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone in July, just days before Stone was scheduled to report to a federal corrections facility. Kolfage launched We Build the Wall as a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe in late 2018, quickly raising more than $20 million, before the site threatened to remove his page unless he identified a valid recipient of the funds. According to the indictment, Kolfage, Bannon and Badolato then formed a nonprofit called "We Build the Wall, inc." to receive the money that had been raised through the GoFundMe campaign. Despite Kolfage's promises that he wouldn't be taking a salary, federal prosecutors alleged that the group of defendants schemed to pass along hundreds of thousands of dollars to him to help "fund his lavish lifestyle." Kolfage allegedly took a total of $350,000 from the organization, passed through a series of bank accounts, nonprofits and bank accounts between January and October of 2019.One nonprofit controlled by Bannon received more than a million dollars, some of which he passed on to Kolfage, while taking a "substantial portion" for personal gain.** thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/512889-read-indictment-against-bannon-three-others-in-alleged-fraud-money?utm_source=thehill&utm_medium=widgets&utm_campaign=es_recommended_content
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Post by peano on Aug 20, 2020 15:05:15 GMT
I only hope that his trial is after dt is voted out, so he can’t be pardoned. Will he be able to pardon since it’s SDNY?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2020 15:08:37 GMT
I wonder if trump is going to claim that he didn’t know him that well.
I mean he would try and claim he didn’t know the guy but even he must realize how ridiculous that would sound.
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Post by lesley on Aug 20, 2020 15:10:47 GMT
I just shouted up to my DS about this - Bannon defrauding all the donors to the wall - and his reply was that he doesn’t feel bad for any of them.
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Post by sueg on Aug 20, 2020 15:15:50 GMT
I only hope that his trial is after dt is voted out, so he can’t be pardoned. Will he be able to pardon since it’s SDNY? I have no idea. I’m not American and have no knowledge of your legal system.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 20, 2020 15:22:19 GMT
I hope they put the screws to bannon and get enough dirt on trump to hang him. bannon knows a lot of shit on trump.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 20, 2020 15:23:19 GMT
I'm sure Trump hardly knew the guy. LOL At least, we should be looking for that tweet soon. Why is it that Trump surrounds himself with these thieving grifters and yet the cult of Trump continues their blind devotion to him? Because ‘birds of a feather’ and all that. Bunch of douchebags.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 20, 2020 15:26:34 GMT
Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea allegedly defrauded donors of the online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall,” which raised more than $25 million, the office said. The four defendants are expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon. "As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction," Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said. somehow, I don't think many of the people he defrauded would really care, or even KNOW, that he stole their money, to be honest. The situation in the US is just that sad right now with people not knowing / caring what's really going on. Other than paying attention to the "news stories" about Big Pharma being in cahoots with Bill Gates to require us all to be vaccinated a la 'the mark of the Beast' and other such drivel, that is.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 15:58:06 GMT
Will he be able to pardon since it’s SDNY? Unfortunately, yes!
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 20, 2020 16:00:18 GMT
That’s a shame. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 16:00:47 GMT
I wonder if trump is going to claim that he didn’t know him that well. I mean he would try and claim he didn’t know the guy but even he must realize how ridiculous that would sound. He has already started. He hasn't spoken to Bannon in months YEARS!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 20, 2020 16:02:08 GMT
3...2...pardon on its way....
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Post by artgirl1 on Aug 20, 2020 16:04:41 GMT
Only the best, another former Campaign Manager and his primary strategist in the WH.
But I am sure he was only a coffee boy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2020 16:04:49 GMT
I'm sure Trump hardly knew the guy. LOL At least, we should be looking for that tweet soon. Why is it that Trump surrounds himself with these thieving grifters and yet the cult of Trump continues their blind devotion to him? Because they have no problem with a thieving grifter who purportedly uses money to build a wall to keep out the brown immigrants. I'm hoping that the people that contributed to his pot of gold will finally see the light now that it has hit their pockets and not gone to what they thought they were supporting.
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Post by gar on Aug 20, 2020 16:06:32 GMT
Why did they need to fundraise for something the Mexicans were paying for?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2020 16:08:50 GMT
Why did they need to fundraise for something the Mexicans were paying for? Some have over active imaginations
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 16:09:42 GMT
3...2...pardon on its way.... The thing is, and Stone got out of it, dt knew he would... With a pardon, one can be required to testify to every thing honestly without fail or face contempt. There is NO use of the 5th amendment.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 16:11:05 GMT
Why did they need to fundraise for something the Mexicans were paying for? Good one!!
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 20, 2020 16:12:58 GMT
Unfuckingbelievable.
On second thought, it is totally believable. That guy is a slime ball.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2020 16:17:00 GMT
Oh and just now dt said during his press conference that he is about to finish 300 miles of wall, he didn't need bannon's help! My my he has now admitted to only building 300 miles of wall out of thousands of miles!! At the cost of BILLIONS or has HE pocketed most of those billions?!?!?
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Post by peabay on Aug 20, 2020 16:20:20 GMT
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Post by karinec on Aug 20, 2020 16:43:41 GMT
Ugh I can't stand Bannon and I'm so glad they got actual dirt on him...what a sleazeball.
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Post by karinec on Aug 20, 2020 16:44:02 GMT
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 20, 2020 17:26:32 GMT
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 20, 2020 17:29:29 GMT
Only the best, another former Campaign Manager and his primary strategist in the WH. But I am sure he was only a coffee boy. Didn’t you mean to say Covfefe Boy? 🤣😂🤣
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