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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

12:11am February 12, 2025

Bannon pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. The case involved We Build the Wall, a non-profit that Bannon himself once suspected was a scam.

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Steve Bannon feels 'empowered' after four months in federal prison

12:41pm October 29, 2024

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was back to hosting his daily podcast "War Room" just hours after his release from federal prison.

Steve Bannon Attends Court Hearing For Contempt Of Congress Convictions

Supreme Court denies Steve Bannon's plea to stay free while he appeals

6:46pm June 28, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon must report to a federal prison in Connecticut July 1 to serve time after refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol riot.

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Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s prison sentence

1:20am June 21, 2024

by The Associated Press

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, is supposed to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

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Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1, judge says

1:46am June 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is expected to seek a stay of the judge's order, which could delay his prison surrender date.

Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress.

Politics & Government

Steve Bannon loses his appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction

12:37pm May 10, 2024

by Washington Desk

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

Brian Kolfage leaves court in New York on Wednesday after being sentenced for defrauding donors to the We Build the Wall effort.

Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to 4 years

5:58pm April 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Brian Kolfage previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations a campaign that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border.

A Twitter page of Chinese exiled businessman Guo Wengui is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2017. The self-exiled Chinese businessman was arrested Wednesday in New York on charges that he oversaw a billion-dollar fraud conspiracy.

U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy

1:27pm March 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.

Conspiracy theories about Brazil's electronic voting machines, shown here, have spread online. Far-right influencers in the U.S. have seized on Brazil's election as a way of keeping conspiratorial narratives alive ahead of the U.S. midterms in early November.

Politics & Government

Why false claims about Brazil's election are spreading in far-right U.S. circles

9:24pm October 22, 2022

by Shannon Bond

American election deniers are recycling lies about voting machines to claim Brazil's presidential election is being rigged and to cast doubt on the U.S. midterms.

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, arrives at federal court for a sentencing hearing on Friday.

Politics & Government

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for flouting House Jan. 6 panel

5:22pm October 21, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.