Yesterday we told you that Steve Bannon was facing a possible indictment from New York prosecutors and that he would be turning himself in today.
Well he has now surrendered to authorities and he’s being charged with six counts related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign.
Breaking: Steve Bannon to surrender to face NY indictment pic.twitter.com/nR05CEU9gk
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) September 8, 2022
Below are the counts which were just unsealed:
Bannon hit with 6 fraud counts
Count one: money laundering in 2nd degree
C 2: money laundering in 2nd degree
C 3: conspiracy in 4th degree
c 4: CONSPIRACY in 4th DEGREE
c 5: SCHEME to defraud in 1st degree
c 6: conspiracy in 5th degree https://t.co/mVkm3Rs9nU— Marta Dhanis (@MartaDhanis) September 8, 2022
Given that this is New York and the investigation is ultimately run by Leticia James, I am going to assume that Bannon isn’t lying when he says he has done nothing wrong and that this is just another attempt to ‘get Trump’, which she is known for given that’s what she said when she was running for election.
Just because the other men were found guilty of defrauding supporters with the “We Build the Wall” campaign doesn’t mean that Bannon did anything wrong. New York will have to prove their case in court and that’s when we’ll get to see their ‘evidence’.