In his War Room podcast, the former adviser to Donald Trump highlighted, according to him, the “political cabal” to which he is the subject after his indictment for embezzlement. According to him, these accusations are used to “intimidate people”.
Steve Bannon, former adviser to US President Donald Trump, indicted for embezzlement of funds intended for the construction of a wall on the United States-Mexico border, said he was the victim of a “political cabal” on August 21 in his program.
“Everyone knows I’m not the type to let it go,” he said during his podcast War Room after being arrested the day before and then released on $ 5 million bail.
“I am ready to hold out for as long as it takes”, he insisted. “I will continue to fight.”
The man who was one of the architects of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign is accused, along with three other people, of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal gain from a crowdfunding campaign supposed to contribute to the erection of a wall on the border with Mexico.
Steve Bannon, 66, pleaded not guilty on August 20 in front of a New York federal judge to the two counts against him, fraud and money laundering, each carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
The former boss of the site Breitbart News said in his podcast that his arrest was intended to “intimidate people” supporting the anti-immigration wall promised by Donald Trump during his victorious 2016 campaign.
Now campaigning for his re-election, the US president distanced himself from Steve Bannon on August 20, claiming “to know nothing about this crowdfunding project” and not to have had contact “for a very long time” with his former adviser.
Steve Bannon left the White House in August 2017.
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