Posted on 02/25/2021 11:22:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office have reportedly subpoenaed financial records related to Stephen Bannon and his crowd-funded southern border wall project, according to a CNN report.
The network reports that the subpoenas were sent shortly after former President Trump issued Bannon a pardon for federal conspiracy crimes in connection to the southern border wall. Trump's pardon only applied to federal crimes, meaning Bannon could still possibly be charged in state courts.
Reports came out early in February that the Manhattan DA's office was looking into potential state charges against Bannon. Sources close to the matter told The Washington Post that the district attorney's Major Economic Crimes Bureau was in the early stages of determining whether or not there was enough evidence to build a case against Bannon.
Subpoenas were sent to Wells Fargo and GoFundMe, as they were used in handling the funds Bannon raised for his "We Build the Wall" project.
Speaking to CNN, a spokesperson for GoFundMe said the company "does not comment on or confirm requests for information from any law enforcement officials."
Before he was pardoned, Bannon and three others had been charged with falsely claiming that they would not receive any compensation for their involvement in the border wall project. Bannon denied the allegations while the three others pleaded not guilty. Trump did not pardon the three others involved in the border wall project.
CNN notes that the New Jersey attorney general's office is also looking into Bannon's wall project, opening a civil inquiry.
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Why??? This DA seems out of control.
These bastards never stop...
Liberals are like the Terminator
Steve must be over somebody’s target...
What standing does this idiot have?
These people going after Nips yet. I haven’t heard.
How is this even in the potential jurisdiction of New York?
Must fight back. Start the process that will result in the threat of subpoena of the personal documents, internet history, etc of the prosecutor, the wife, parents, kids, cousins, etc.
That’s what they’d do. Hell, it’s what they ARE DOING.
Persecution.
The only reason democrats can get away with using government as a weapon is a biased fourth estate who control the democrats.
It’s okay to hate the democrats*...
* including their puppetmasters.
Political persecution. The only thing that can be done in the existing environment would be to completely de-fund the fbi/doj/dhs. Of course that will never happen. Welcome to the banana republic of the USA.
Meanwhile, real criminals get a permanent pass.
Fascism. Yes its real.
I thought there were LAWS to keep people from being scrutinized trying to FIND something they did wrong. WHO is granting these subpoena’s and why isn’t a higher court stopping it...
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought that the Constitution did not allow seizing personal papers unless there was ‘probable cause’ that there was a crime committed, not seize the papers then look for a crime........................
Imagine what would happen if these prosecutors and judges went after high profile leftists the same way they go after people on the right. The Clintons, the Bidens, George Soros, etc., would have a lot of explaining to do.
Never ever ever live in New York if you are conservative and aspire to achieving any notoriety. You will become a target for persecution by the fascists and they will not stop until they railroad you into prison over nothing. Rush saw it coming years ago when they began auditing his state taxes every single year and he bailed early before they felt they could get away with going full gestapo on people. Smart man.
Lawfare. Bankrupt your political enemies by forcing them to spend 100s of thousands or even millions on legal defense.
The govt commissars, of course, can spend millions of taxpayer dollars ad infinitum.
Legal harassment is the thin part of the fascist wedge.
> Steve must be over somebody’s target... <
Not necessarily. During the Reign of Terror old retired nobles were dragged out of their homes and sent to the guillotine. It was a combination of hysterics and pure revenge.
We’re now in our own Reign of Terror. There’s no guillotine (yet), but if you’ve been associated with Trump, you’re gonna face the mob. Same goes for anyone who utters a non-PC comment of any kind.
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