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Veteran who tried to crowdfund $25m private border wall with Steve Bannon will plead guilty to fraud
yahoo news ^ | 4/08/2022 | Gino Spocchia

Posted on 04/08/2022 12:11:07 PM PDT by Signalman

A Iraq War veteran accused of defrauding donors out of $350,000 (£268,747) in a bid to build a southern border wall has now agreed to plead guilty, according to a court filing.

Brian Kolfage, of Miramar, Florida, was indicated in August 2020 alongside former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon for allegedly scraping off the top of millions they raised to privately build the border wall.

Of the $25m (£19m) in GoFundMe donations, Mr Kolfage allegedly took $350,000 and Mr Bannon took $1m, prosecutors said. Both were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud with a third person, Timothy Shea.

As Law&Crime reported last week, Mr Kolfage and Mr Shea agreed “in principle” to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection to the allegations.

“The parties are in the process of formalising their agreements and will submit executed copies thereof to the Court as soon as possible,” said assistant US Attorney Nicolas Roos wrote in a one-page filing on 25 March.

“In light of these developments, the parties jointly request that the Court adjourn sine die the parties’ pretrial filing deadlines presently set for March 28, 2022, and April 4, 2022, and schedule change of plea hearings for both defendants — during the week of March 28, 2022 for Shea and during the week of April 11, 2022 for Kolfage,” prosecutors wrote.

“Kolfage and Shea both request, without objection from the government, that the change of plea hearings be held remotely.”

Both men face up to 40 years in prison for the charges, with Mr Kolfage also indicted in Florida on claims he filed false tax returns in the state in 2020. He has pleaded not guilty.

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1 posted on 04/08/2022 12:11:07 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

I wonder if they want Bannon and they got Kolfage to flip


2 posted on 04/08/2022 12:15:28 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Signalman

What happened to Bannon’s charges?


3 posted on 04/08/2022 12:15:42 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Steve Bannon was pardoned by Pres. Trump


4 posted on 04/08/2022 12:19:21 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: WellyP

I feel sorry for the other two. Bannon gets most of the money, but they get the jail time.


5 posted on 04/08/2022 12:20:18 PM PDT by Renfrew
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To: tired&retired

Bannon’s case was dismissed based on Trump pardoning him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/steve-bannon-e2-80-99s-fraud-case-dismissed-after-months-of-haggling-over-trump-pardon/ar-AAKnpTh


6 posted on 04/08/2022 12:21:42 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman
Of the $25m (£19m) in GoFundMe donations, Mr Kolfage allegedly took $350,000

How much did the BLM people skim off?

7 posted on 04/08/2022 12:33:15 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Signalman

So what about BLM buying a 6 million house???


8 posted on 04/08/2022 12:33:45 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Signalman

I remember assisting Mr. Kolfage. No, I do not trust Yahoo sites. Why not just return the money? Everyone wants a wall built at the border.


9 posted on 04/08/2022 12:37:28 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Falconspeed

Agree...Money crimes should have money penalties.


10 posted on 04/08/2022 12:39:52 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: aynrandfreak

Thinking the same thing. Bannon is such a prized trophy for the left that anything is possible.


11 posted on 04/08/2022 12:40:42 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Signalman

I sent him some money.
He took 350K from 25M?
He shouldn’t have done that but I forgive him.
He built a section of wall where offialdom said it couldn’t be done.
That’s his real “crime”.


12 posted on 04/08/2022 12:55:38 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Signalman

This is all BS

The people who complained about the money Brian got were plants

Most people who contributed (like me) could have cared less and told Kolfage to take a salary, not do it for free

He worked his ass off to build the section of wall that they did, against Mexican thug opposition in New Mexico

The only people who wanted to stop him were the very people who are supposed to be defending the border - the Feds

Tells you all you need to know about the real priority of the “federal government”


13 posted on 04/08/2022 1:02:30 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Signalman

I don’t think we should permit the feds to crowd Brian into a fraud plea. I donated money, I read the transcripts and saw the videos, and I’ve got no problems with his conduct. Bannon played it fast and loose but even he contributed his fair share.


14 posted on 04/08/2022 1:38:16 PM PDT by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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To: Aria

But 6 million isn’t that much for a house LA. It’s just a shanty used for a BLM meeting place, so they are saying.


15 posted on 04/08/2022 1:45:32 PM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: aynrandfreak

They do want Bannon... he has the partnership with Chinese billionaire Who Wengui (Miles Kwok) and Guo supposedly had advance knowledge of Hunter Biden’s laptop contents...


16 posted on 04/29/2022 7:29:14 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Signalman

I wonder if Nicholas Roos is any relation to Obama’s ambassador to Japan, John Roos?


17 posted on 04/29/2022 7:44:26 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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