Steve Bannon has been released on $ 5 million bail.
Washington, United States:
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who was arrested this week for defrauding donors as part of a fundraising campaign on the Mexican border wall, said he was the victim of a “Political coup”.
“I’m here for the long haul. I’m for the fight. I’ll keep fighting,” he said on his podcast, Bannon’s War Room Friday.
“It was to stop and intimidate people who want to talk about the wall. It is to stop and intimidate people who have President Trump’s back to build the wall.”
Bannon, who is credited with orchestrating Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy in 2016, on Thursday denied one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and another of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The 66-year-old has been released on $ 5 million bail.
Prosecutors say the online crowdfunding campaign known as “We are building the wall” has raised more than $ 25 million, which defendants have pledged will be used to build a barrier. southern border but were siphoned off instead.
Once a prominent and trusted presidential ally, Bannon was behind some of US President Donald Trump’s most controversial measures, including his ban on certain foreign travelers and the decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement on climate change.
After frequent clashes with others in the White House, including Trump, Bannon was expelled in August 2017.
With the presidential election in November, Trump has sought to distance himself from his former adviser on Thursday.
“I think this is a very sad thing for Mr. Bannon,” Trump said.
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