The indictment is so clear as to how the scam was carried out I doubt there is a defense. They claimed they didn’t collect one red cent when in fact they were funneling a million to Bannon and 350K to Koflage. Prison is ahead.
The Clinton foundation is completely crooked.
Who is they? not following your sentence...
I would not be so quick as to buy in to an indictment simply because it is very detailed. I have some questions before hanging Bannon (even in the court of public opinion):
- did Bannon personally set up any of these entities or were lawyers used?
- was legal or accounting advice obtained with respect to any of the alleged acts? Typically, a wealthy semi-celebrity like Bannon would not have done anything much on his own...
- was Bannon just a passenger or was he driving the train? Did he even know the details?
- did Bannon choose the language used in the donation solicitations? Was he even aware of it?
- it is alleged that the $1m went to a non-profit controlled by Bannon, which then paid Bannon - would / could that non-profit have made the same payment to Bannon without the donation from the Wall fund?
These are just a few questions. I am not defending the man. But for me the timing of the indictment, eleven weeks before the presidential election in the middle of a pandemic, creates some level of suspicion that there may be less “there” than advertised. Time will tell.