Jumpin Jack Flash
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For an online charity scam. Typical right wingers. Trump Organization was busted for charitable scams.
Bannon a Old Trumpie Arrested
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Steve Bannon Finally Gets His Walls
"U.S. federal prosecutors announced Thursday morning that four men have been indicted for their roles in a crowdfunding scheme to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former right-hand man, was among those indicted this morning and is already in federal custody, according to MSNBC.
Brian Kolfage started a GoFundMe page in December of 2018 called “We Build the Wall,” which promised to help President Donald Trump fulfill his promise to construct a physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. Kolfage allegedly kept $350,000 in funds for personal use while Bannon allegedly rerouted $1 million to a nonprofit and spent hundreds of thousands on personal expenses.
Bannon was arrested while on a boat off the coast of Connecticut, unnamed law enforcement sources told ABC4 New York. Agents from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which investigates crimes like wire and mail fraud, performed the arrest, according to several reports.
“As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction,” the Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a statement posted online by the U.S. Department of Justice.
“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,” Strauss continued. “We thank the USPIS for their partnership in investigating this case, and we remain dedicated to rooting out and prosecuting fraud wherever we find it.
"U.S. federal prosecutors announced Thursday morning that four men have been indicted for their roles in a crowdfunding scheme to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former right-hand man, was among those indicted this morning and is already in federal custody, according to MSNBC.
Brian Kolfage started a GoFundMe page in December of 2018 called “We Build the Wall,” which promised to help President Donald Trump fulfill his promise to construct a physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. Kolfage allegedly kept $350,000 in funds for personal use while Bannon allegedly rerouted $1 million to a nonprofit and spent hundreds of thousands on personal expenses.
Bannon was arrested while on a boat off the coast of Connecticut, unnamed law enforcement sources told ABC4 New York. Agents from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which investigates crimes like wire and mail fraud, performed the arrest, according to several reports.
“As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction,” the Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a statement posted online by the U.S. Department of Justice.
“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,” Strauss continued. “We thank the USPIS for their partnership in investigating this case, and we remain dedicated to rooting out and prosecuting fraud wherever we find it.
olroadbeech
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and the hit keep on coming........how many is this?
Jumpin Jack Flash
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You can’t read! These are Federal charges, not SDNY.
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Kinda silly to defraud Americans for something Mexico is going to pay for anyway.
oldngray
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They were filed in SDNY. Which IS federal.
Jumpin Jack Flash
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Right so the state of NY isn’t involved.
The Southern District of New York is a Federal judicial district. As it contains NYC and is stocked with Democrat judges it gets highly political.
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Jumpin Jack Flash
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Usually an exaggerated narrative by right wing conspiracists.
Show me the Republican judges in the SDNY going after deserving Democrats(and there's plenty)?
Jumpin Jack Flash
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Judges don’t press charges. Do you live in America?
Jumpin Jack Flash
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Accept the judges didn’t arrest him.
Of course not. But they decide whether charges are legitimate and they ultimately decide on a jury's recommendation for sentencing. I give you Judge Sullivan of the Flynn case fame. Those district attorneys are partisan Democrats too.
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"Except." If you're going to argue on a forum you may want to build vocabulary and learn what things like the SDNY actually are.
The district attorneys go to judges seeking a warrant for arrest. The judge signs the warrant and as it's a Federal court the warrant is given to Federal Marshalls to make the arrest.
DriveInDriѵeOut
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He's embarrassed, so now he starts dancing. The kid does this in every thread he's in when he gets called out for his BS.
zubenelgenubi
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Either it's a Federal Indictment, or It's not, end of argument. Lol!
Jumpin Jack Flash
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Its a federal indictment. Trump hired Bannon back in the day?
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