Bannon Cronies Plead GUILTY To Border Wall Scam

Two of Steve Bannon’s associates have pleaded guilty to defrauding donors of the “We Build The Wall” project, a private fundraising effort to help build Trump’s border wall. While Bannon was pardoned by Trump for his crimes, Andrew Badolato and Brian Kolfage weren’t lucky enough to get the same treatment for illegally defrauding donors of around $25 million for the project. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jessica Burbank discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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"Two men charged alongside former Trump senior advisor Steve Bannon are set to plead guilty on Thursday on charges they defrauded donors of We Build The Wall, a private fundraising effort to raise money for then-President Donald Trump’s border wall.

“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,” said Audrey Strauss, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan who announced the charges in August 2020.

Bannon was arrested on those charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, in August, but was issued a last-minute pardon by Trump – something the other men charged alongside Bannon were not so lucky to get.

“The organizers of the scheme allegedly defrauded their donors—who raised more than $25 million for the cause—by siphoning money for their own personal use, with Bannon reportedly receiving more than $1 million of the funds,” Forbes reported. The two men pleading guilty are Andrew Badolato, 57, a venture capitalist from Sarasota, Florida, and Brian Kolfage, 40, who is an Air Force veteran from Miramar Beach, Florida."

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