Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested and charged over an online campaign to support the building of the US-Mexico border wall, becoming the latest former adviser to the US president to face criminal charges.
Mr Bannon and three others were charged over an online fundraising effort called “We Build the Wall”, which raised $25 million, according to prosecutors.
According to documents unsealed on Thursday morning in a federal court in Manhattan, the accused’s activities began in 2018.
The prosecutors allege that the accused “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors, including donors in the Southern District of New York, in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign ultimately known as ‘We Build The Wall’”.❐
