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Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said on Thursday that former Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon could spend up to 20 years in jail if the government's case against him holds up.
Following Bannon's arrest, Napolitano spoke about the allegations that Bannon defrauded donors through a charity that raised $25 million to build a border wall.
"This entity We Build the Wall promised its donors that not a penny quote not a penny would go into their pockets," Napolitano explained. "So rather than putting the money directly into their pockets, they funneled it to third-party charities and those charities paid the money, according to the indictment, to Steve Bannon and to the others." needed, and that no mail-processing facilities would be shut.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that Bannon and other members of the "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
"They are facing 20 years each," he continued, "for the money that they paid themselves in defiance of their promise not to do so."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doesn-t-look-good-fox-175437277.html
No wonder Billy Barr is pissed at Napolitano.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)lame54
(35,460 posts)It looks great to me
Midnight Writer
(22,001 posts)Either he will get a sweetheart plea deal, or Trump will pardon him, or a Trumpist Judge will prove his loyalty by throwing the case.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)This seems a stronger case to me than Trump U, less likely to produce acquittal. And quick reimbursement was more important to Trump victims so a deal was more appealing. Donors to the wall didnt really need the money.