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BREAKING - Steve Bannon Arrested
Spectrum News ^ | 08/20/20 | Spectrum News

Posted on 08/20/2020 6:44:29 AM PDT by srmanuel

Fox News Just flashed this, supposedly Steve Bannon has been arrested over some type of online fund raising scam....

I don't know anymore about this but wanted to get the story out so we can start gathering informatin.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: bannon; steve
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To: RummyChick

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/506535-fbi-investigating-chinese-media-tycoon-linked-to-bannon-report


21 posted on 08/20/2020 6:50:14 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: 1Old Pro

Expect more protests and riots. The coronavirus numbers are declining again, so the masters will be pushing for more mass gatherings via protests and riots to keep the virus activelyrics spreading.


22 posted on 08/20/2020 6:52:07 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: lodi90

The problem is that people on the right see the left get away with this crap and think they can too..it doesnt work that way

There is no doubt Clinton is just as guilty.


23 posted on 08/20/2020 6:52:29 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: cookcounty
Charged with bleeding off several hundreds of thousands of $$ to fund “lavish lifestyles” of the leadership of the group.

Only unions are allowed to do that!
24 posted on 08/20/2020 6:52:31 AM PDT by chrisser
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To: srmanuel

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/leaders-we-build-wall-online-fundraising-campaign-charged-defrauding-hundreds-thousands


25 posted on 08/20/2020 6:53:01 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: srmanuel

And so it begins. Pre-election harassment of all Trump supporters. Their way of intimidation.


26 posted on 08/20/2020 6:53:53 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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To: srmanuel

Could be SDNY’s attempt to do a “hey look over here” scheme. Clinesmith plead guilty yesterday to lying to the FBI And the FISA court to have access to Emails of the Trump campaign.

And Brennan being interviewed by Durham’s agents today.


27 posted on 08/20/2020 6:54:05 AM PDT by cookcounty (Susan Rice: G Gordon Liddy times 10.)
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To: LS

Ping but I’m certain you’re aware.


28 posted on 08/20/2020 6:54:16 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: CAluvdubya

Bannon is no friend to Trump. You have a short memory?


29 posted on 08/20/2020 6:55:57 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: cookcounty

That will never happen as long as Cy Vance XXXIV is still there, and Tish is still NYAG.


30 posted on 08/20/2020 6:56:36 AM PDT by Shady (It is the rule of law vs tyranny, plain and simple, and it is the fight of our lives...)
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To: MayflowerMadam

U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss is who replaced Berman. This bears watching as it could be politically motivated.


31 posted on 08/20/2020 6:57:51 AM PDT by sevlex
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To: RummyChick
Maybe the real reason.......

An associate of Bannon's characterized the pair's work as aimed at politically opposing the Chinese Communist Party.

32 posted on 08/20/2020 6:59:16 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: srmanuel

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/former-trump-campaign-manager-steve-bannon-indicted-for-fraud-in-ny/2576990/

Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was indicted in New York on fraud charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors said.

Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the online “We Build the Wall” campaign.

Manhattan federal prosecutors allege that Bannon, campaign leader Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea “received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations.”

“We Build the Wall” began as a GoFundMe campaign in late 2018, designed to raise money directly from the public to build a border wall in the face of Congressional opposition.

While Kolfage publicly guaranteed that he would not take salary or compensation, and that 100 percent of funds raised would go toward the wall, the indictment alleges he actually took more than $350,000 for personal use and took steps to conceal it.

According to the indictment, a non-profit controlled by Bannon received $1 million of the money, some of which went to cover various of his personal expenses.


33 posted on 08/20/2020 7:00:20 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: 1Old Pro
Too busy playing bagpipes to play hardball.

I've been here since November 1998 waiting for that day. Why do you think nothing meaningful ever gets done? The dems, when in power, never get their total gun control and the GOP, when in power, never get voter ID. Each side gives JUST ENOUGH to make their minions look like they get victories.

It's a game...but if you ask too much - all your dirty little secrets go to the press. Why do you think Denny Hastert never gave us what we wanted? Well - NOW we know. Who knows what they have on Mitch, Roberts...etc. Who knows what we have on Pelosi.

The sooner people realize that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ARE CROOKS - the better we will be. I'm tired of the "GOP" > "DNC" - because they just aren't. They are just better at hiding their criminal history from their voters because they know their voters are a less tolerant bunch.

34 posted on 08/20/2020 7:00:21 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Bannon is no friend to Trump. You have a short memory?

Makes no difference. Bannon's name is tied to Trump. This seems to be about China

35 posted on 08/20/2020 7:02:07 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: sevlex

Sounds like another NRA type attack. See, if some conservative person uses funds for personal business under cover of a non profit, they are guilty of all sorts of crimes. But if they are dems, they can fund everything from political operations to weddings but it never comes back on them. SSDD.

So, it was the SDNY again. Well, I for one will be happy when NY and all the lefties there fall into the pit of bankruptcy.


36 posted on 08/20/2020 7:02:20 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Apparently they do. Bannon is a creep and a crook - anyone should be able to see that.

Is the timing suspect? SURE! But this is yet another "personnel" mistake Trump made. He should not have been within 100 miles of this guy. Add his name to a long list.

37 posted on 08/20/2020 7:02:41 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: CAluvdubya

Guo has been quite vocal..suprised he hasnt been murdered.


38 posted on 08/20/2020 7:03:55 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: RummyChick
suprised he hasnt been murdered.

Yep but there's still plenty of time. Guo better be more vigilant than ever!

39 posted on 08/20/2020 7:06:23 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: srmanuel

Folks,

This is a warning to not send any money to anyone that is not tested. We donated because of an emotional feeling.

Take “go fund me” off your list. It has no supervision or accountability.

But Trump and FR are tested so send your money.


40 posted on 08/20/2020 7:06:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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