Steve Bannon avoid jails after admitting fraud in US-Mexico border wall case
Tuesday 11 February 2025 16:21, UK
Former Trump ally Steve Bannon has pleaded guilty to fraud after donors who
thought they were contributing to building a wall on the US border were duped.
The 71-year-old will avoid jail after getting a three-year conditional discharge
as part of a plea deal.
Bannon had been accused of falsely promising donors that all money given to the
We Build the Wall campaign would go towards a wall on the US-Mexico border.
Instead, prosecutors said it was used to enrich Bannon and others in the
project.
He pleaded guilty to one scheme to defraud count but said he felt like “a
million bucks” as he left court.
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