The Verge reports:
The recently unsealed case alleges that Bannon and others broke repeated promises to put “100 percent” of donations toward the wall. The group secretly arranged private payments through a nonprofit, giving Kolfage $100,000 within months of starting fundraising.
While claiming the funds went toward social media expenses, they allegedly diverted $350,000 to Kolfage — money Kolfage allegedly used to buy a boat (apparently named “Warfighter”), a luxury SUV, and cosmetic surgery.
“While repeatedly assuring donors that Brian Kolfage, the founder and public face of We Build the Wall, would not be paid a cent, the defendants secretly schemed to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle,” said US attorney Audrey Strauss.
It gets better: Kolfage used boat he bought with illegally-siphoned “We Build the Wall” funds to sail in the July 4 Trump boat parade in Destin, Florida https://t.co/eyK1WOvWWf (spotted by @ZacAlf) pic.twitter.com/uEUuQx0Yle
— Evan Hill (@evanchill) August 20, 2020
The Warfighter https://t.co/1YlLgX0NA7 pic.twitter.com/GKUS2Jqo8E
— Evan Hill (@evanchill) August 20, 2020
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