The former political adviser to President Trump is indicted alongside three other people in connection with an effort to defraud "hundreds of thousands of donors," according to federal prosecutors.
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"Bannon and three other defendants are alleged to have orchestrated a scheme around an online crowdfunding campaign called "
We Build the Wall," which has raised more than
$25 million, according to prosecutors."
"Bannon — who publicly referred to We Build the Wall as a "volunteer organization" — is alleged to have received more than
$1 million from the organization via a nonprofit he controls, and "at least some of it was used to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in [his] personal expenses," according to the indictment."