Bannon Is Expected To Surrender On Charges Of The Border Wall Effort
The state charges, which have been returned in an indictment, are based on the same conduct that Bannon was accused of by federal prosecutors in 2020. Then-US President Donald Trump pardoned Bannon on federal fraud charges related to the alleged scheme as he was leaving the office. Presidential pardons do not apply to government investigations. The Washington Post first reported Bannon’s plans to surrender. The Manhattan district attorney’s office opened an investigation into Bannon and the crowdfunding effort called “We Build The Wall” after the pardon....