Bannon, who has pleaded not guilty, walked out of New York’s Southern District courts, and was greeted by journalists, as well as citizens yelling “where’s the money?” and “how is that wall doing?”
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Steven Bannon, considered the great architect of the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House, and who was arrested this Thursday 20-A accused of defrauding hundreds of thousands of dollars to people who donated funds for the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico , was released shortly after a Manhattan judge approved bail of five million dollars.
Bannon, who pleaded not guilty, walked out of the New York Southern District courthouse in Manhattan around 6:30 PM and was greeted by a cloud of journalists, as well as citizens shouting “where’s the money?” and “how is that wall doing?”
Trump’s former adviser, arrested in Connecticut while on a yacht owned by Chinese millionaire Guo Wengui, was released after Judge Stewart Aaron approved a $ 5 million bond, which also imposed travel restrictions that mean Bannon You may not travel abroad or use private planes or boats without the express permission of the magistrate.
Bannon, whose next appearance has been set for August 31, must also suspend the fundraising he had undertaken with three other partners, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, who have also been indicted on fraud and laundering charges. of money.
The bond must be guaranteed by the payment of 1.7 million dollars in cash or property by the affected party and other guarantors.
According to prosecutors, Bannon and three other defendants orchestrated a plot to divert money raised as part of the “We Build the Wall” campaign, which raised more than $ 25 million.
The initiative promised that all those funds would be used to finance Trump’s great electoral promise, but those claims were “false,” says the indictment document presented in federal court in New York.
“In reality, (…) the defendants collectively received hundreds of thousands of dollars that they used inconsistently with the organization’s public demonstrations,” says the prosecution’s brief.
The controversial former Trump adviser, who left the Administration in 2017 and has collaborated with far-right formations in several countries, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and another of conspiracy to launder money, two crimes that can lead to maximum penalties of 20 years in prison each.
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