Bannon’s Next Trial To Begin Weeks After Prison Release

Reuters reports:

Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon must face trial in New York on criminal-fraud charges over a push to fund the former U.S. president’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a judge ruled on Friday.

Justice April Newbauer’s decision to deny Bannon’s motion to dismiss the charges paves the way for a trial set to start on Dec. 9, just six weeks after he is scheduled to be released from federal prison. Bannon is serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.

Bannon, 70, was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office in September 2022 with money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly deceiving donors who contributed more than $15 million to the private fundraising drive, known as “We Build the Wall.”

Read the full article. One of Bannon’s co-conspirators in the scam is now serving a five year sentence.