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Steve Bannon Arrested on Charges of Defrauding Donors
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Posted on 08/20/2020 6:45:27 AM PDT by mn-bush-man

Headline only at this point


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alisonmoe; analisatorres; audreystrauss; badolato; bannon; bartlett; border; borderwall; briankolfage; colorado; crowdfunding; election; electionyear; florida; guowengui; hopecannon; hopetcannon; illegalimmigration; kolfage; kristenlmix; mdf; moe; ndf; nicolasroos; opcu; philipbartlett; postoffice; robertsobelman; roos; sdny; shea; sobelman; stephenbannon; stevebannon; tds; thomaswilson; timothyshea; uspis; usps; webuildthewall
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To: bigbob

I believe Barr is full of it. he says one standard applies to everyone, but it clearly doesn’t. It only applies to us. Not a single antifa or BLM organizer or financier faaces a single charge though they violate a raft of federal laws.
None of the coup plotters faces charges... only one low level minion.

He is lying when he says one standard applies to everyone.


61 posted on 08/20/2020 7:11:52 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: wiseprince

Don’t be naive. Bannon did nothing wrong other than being a open supporter of Trump at election time.


Naivety can go both ways. You don’t know any more than I do.

Personally, I suspect the other knuckleheads might have drawn him in as they had more of a background and were involved in the mechanism. Easy money is a temptation

I stand by my position that contributions to “go fund me” are emotional contributions. The is little accountability in the system.


62 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:25 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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To: Jane Long

The timing of this indictment is clearly political. How many grand juries are working on non-violent / white collar crime in the middle of the pandemic. Answer: few to none. Somebody had to work hard to get this done prior to the election.

Also, I seriously doubt Bannon was handling all of the corporate details himself. I suspect a law firm structured the entire mess.

Finally, if we are going to go after non-profits for enriching their leaders, let’s do it across the board. Let’s include environmental groups and hospitals, for example.


63 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:31 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: mn-bush-man

Time to look at Black Lives Matters.


64 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:42 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: xrmusn

There was a reason to diss the Wounded Warrior project

https://www.foxnews.com/us/wounded-warrior-projects-top-execs-fired-amid-lavish-spending-scandal

A lot of these charities have issues..including..ahem..Red Cross.


65 posted on 08/20/2020 7:12:44 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: lodi90

Exactly! I just commented on their internal “burn” on their salaries and such.


66 posted on 08/20/2020 7:13:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: mn-bush-man

Why are corrupt democrats never arrested? You telling me there were no Clinton schemes or Biden schemes?

How about the millions Rev AL owes the IRS?

WTF?


67 posted on 08/20/2020 7:13:11 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: snarkytart

see post 51. it was tongue in cheek, snarky :)


68 posted on 08/20/2020 7:13:26 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Hillary, Biden, and Rev Al never did that/s


69 posted on 08/20/2020 7:15:36 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: mn-bush-man

““As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction.

While repeatedly assuring donors that Brian Kolfage, the founder and public face of We Build the Wall, would not be paid a cent, the defendants secretly schemed to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle. “

One would have to know more specifics on what the funds diverted to Kolfage were used for.


70 posted on 08/20/2020 7:16:06 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: RummyChick

Yes. The contrarian view would be that Bannon actually did tap the till here, and that this makes it harder for critics of DOJ to charge partisanship over Spygate.

But I have to admit....this stuff happens at a LOT of funds and charities as you rightly said....and Bannon somehow rocketed to the top of the case list.


71 posted on 08/20/2020 7:16:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Jane Long

“hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle.”

I want to hear more about the “lavish lifestyle” of this triple amputee who had a rocket land 3 feet away from him in Iraq.


72 posted on 08/20/2020 7:16:54 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Stingray51
The timing of this indictment is clearly political.

The media will implode when (if) Barr indicts Democrats in Sept/Oct. So political! So awful!

73 posted on 08/20/2020 7:17:14 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Jane Long

Yeah Jane NO ONE is above the law UNLESS you are a Dem OR a part of the Clinton foundation this is really reaching a boiling point I am beyond furious!! These BASTARDS have the audacity to indict a double amputee WAR VETERAN!!


74 posted on 08/20/2020 7:17:16 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: ConservativeMind

Our local hospital (a non-profit) is a fund-raising machine that pays its CEO over a million dollars in salary. This kind of thing is the norm.

I seem to remember how the Kennedy extended family is funded by non-profits. I believe the big example was Robert Kennedy, Jr. and environmental groups.


75 posted on 08/20/2020 7:17:30 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: cdcdawg

They have to find him, first.


76 posted on 08/20/2020 7:17:31 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Stingray51

Finally, if we are going to go after non-profits for enriching their leaders, let’s do it across the board. Let’s include environmental groups and hospitals, for example.


Repeat LOUD and OFTEN..................................


77 posted on 08/20/2020 7:17:57 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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To: mn-bush-man

Anything coming out of southern district NY is suspect, just like patent trolls having a preferred district in which to sue. That said, this doesn’t surprise me. I supported the initial crowdfunding effort. I don’t recall if I ever saw the refund Kolfage was required to offer when he changed plans and started up the organization involved in this case.


78 posted on 08/20/2020 7:18:43 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I don’t know how to donate to Trump without 30% going to the RNC. That’s what it says on their site.


79 posted on 08/20/2020 7:19:09 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: RummyChick
"No idea if allegations have foundation...but its not a defense to say Lincoln project and Clintons are just as guilty."

Exactly. "Everyone else does it!" isn't an excuse. If they did it, then they have to pay the piper, period.

Did they get a closer look than others? Of course, and they should have known that Bannon brings baggage if that kind if there is money involved. This started in NY of course, but they had to have enough of a paper trail to get an indictment so maybe there was shenanigans going on and it's warranted.

80 posted on 08/20/2020 7:19:24 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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