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Bannon was released on $5 million bail. What bad things did he do?

Some time ago, Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist known as Trump’s national adviser, was arrested in New York, USA, because he was accused by the court of using a crowdfunding campaign called “We Build the Wall” The project extracts money from a large number of donors for its own personal wealth and consumption.

This matter has to start with the border wall policy implemented by Trump during the election. Trump called for building a wall on the US-Mexico border to prevent illegal immigration, and then Bannon and the others implemented it. On the website, netizens donated 25 million US dollars in one day to build the wall. Unexpectedly, Bannon not only secretly took the money out for his own consumption, but also built a shoddy border wall.

Prosecutors accused Bannon and veterans Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea and others of being responsible for the "We Build the Wall" project* ** received US$25 million in donations. Although Kolfage, the leader of the "We Build the Wall" project, had previously claimed that Bannon would not receive compensation from it and that all funds raised would be used to build the border wall, but The prosecutor's investigation revealed that Bannon actually took more than $350,000 from donations for personal use. After Bannon and others discovered that their crowdfunding project may be under federal investigation, they took steps to further conceal themselves. behavior, including using encrypted messages. In addition, a company controlled by Bannon also received $1 million in donations, some of which was used to pay for his various personal expenses, such as travel, hotels, consumer goods and paying off personal credit card debt.

And as early as July, the US investigation agency Propublica issued a report stating that, citing the warnings of multiple construction engineers and hydrologists, the border wall built by the We Build the Wall project has shown signs of It shows signs of being eroded by the river. If it is not repaired in time, it is likely to collapse and fall into the river. Some experts have even questioned the project itself, saying that the wall should not be built so close to the river. place. ? I'm afraid everyone will pay attention to this matter next. As the investigation further reveals, to what extent Trump will be involved in the Bannon case, he may lose his re-election campaign. ?