Trump Pardons Border Wall Fund Scammer Steve Bannon
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President Trump has granted clemency to Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who was charged with defrauding people who supported building a border wall that Mr. Trump supported, White House officials said.
The president made the decision after a day of frantic efforts to sway his thinking, including from Mr. Bannon, who spoke to him by phone earlier on Tuesday.
The pardon was described as a pre-emptive move that would effectively wipe away the charges against Mr. Bannon, should he be convicted.
… unless the State of New York decides to indict him.
Raw Story explains the crime succinctly:
Bannon scammed Trump’s supporters out of millions of dollars to contribute to the wall on the U.S. and Mexico border. Bannon and his allies pocketed the cash. Bannon was arrested on Aug. 20 while aboard a luxury yacht off the coast of Connecticut and was freed on a $5 million bond.
“This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall,” he proclaimed leaving the court.