Steve Bannon - report

American media executive & political strategist (born 1953)

Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump during the first seven months of Trump's term. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News and previously served on the board of the now-defunct data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon

2021 2023 2024

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Bannon sentenced to four months in prison plus a $6,500 fine on contempt of Congress charges. Accusations stem from Bannon’s refusal to provide documents or testify before the House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill. Protesters outside the courthouse in Washington greeted Bannon, a figurehead among the US far-right, with chants saying, "Traitor!"
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Bannon should serve six months in prison and pay a $200,000 fine, prosecutors say. His lawyers, meanwhile, deny he was acting in bad faith and are asking for probation. He was found guilty in July on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress.
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Bannon and organization WeBuildTheWall were indicted in New York state court Thursday on six counts of money laundering, conspiracy and scheme to defraud. He is the second person pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office. The group raised over $25 million to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. But the group was found to have paid more than $1 million to cover personal expenses.
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Bannon, 68, was accused of skimming $1 million from a $25 million fundraising effort. The IRS stripped tax-exempt status from Bannon’s Citizens of the American Republic group, which the feds accused of diverting funds.
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Bannon, 68, was convicted on two counts after a four-day trial. He faces up to two years in jail when he is sentenced in October. The former Goldman Sachs banker is worth an estimated $48 million.
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Bannon, 68, is facing two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress. He declined to provide testimony or documents to the House of Representatives committee. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days of jail and a maximum sentence of a year behind bars.
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Bannon was charged with criminal contempt after he ignored a subpoena last year from the House January 6 select committee. A federal judge dismissed his motion to delay his trial, scheduled for next week, and ruled he could not make two of his principal defences to a jury.