Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty To Border Wall Fraud Charge In Deal To Avoid Jail Time
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deadline.comSteve Bannon, the podcaster and former chief strategist to Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time.
Bannon faced New York state charges of scheming to defraud donors via the non profit We Build The Wall Inc., which raised money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Bannon previously faced federal charges over the fundraising non profit, but was pardoned by Donald Trump as he left office at the end of his first term.
Bannon plead guilty to one of five counts in the indictment, a scheme to defraud, per ABC News. He plead not guilty to all charges brought in 2022.
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