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How Bannon and His Indicted Business Partners Cashed In on Trump

"...GoFundMe Border Wall Campaign Implodes, Turns to Kris Kobach and Sheriff Clarke"

The men had a history of monetizing conservative causes long before they were charged with fraud this week in a scheme to build a private border wall.


Stephen K. Bannon, a former adviser to the president, at the White House in 2017. Doug Mills/The New York Times

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Eric Lipton, Stephanie Saul and Scott Shane

Aug. 20, 2020
Updated 9:36 p.m. ET

They all had colorful histories, though not necessarily the kind to inspire instant confidence. And they had a shared devotion to President Trump.

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“They did so by using fake invoices and sham vendor arrangements, among other ways,” the indictment says ..
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/u-s-v-brian-kolfage-stephen-bannon-et-al/e56f197b430d0fcb/full.pdf .

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/politics/bannon-we-build-the-wall.html