Steve Bannon has turned himself in to New York authorities, facing state charges relating to US-Mexico border wall fundraising.
Bannon surrendered for arraignment Thursday shortly after 9 a.m. Walking into Manhattan Criminal Court, he told reporters and onlookers that the prosecution against him is political.
“This is irony – on the very day the mayor of this city has a delegation down on the border, they’re persecuting here,” Bannon yelled over hecklers, referring to New York Mayor Eric Adams’ delegation of officials sent to the southern border this week on a “fact-finding mission” regarding migrants being bused from Texas to New York. In the federal case, the alleged conspirators pleaded not guilty.in the closing days of his White House term, aborting the federal case against the strategist.
However, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., launched an investigation of the alleged scheme using state criminal statutes. State criminal charges cannot be wiped away by presidential pardons. Alvin Bragg, Vance's successor as Manhattan's top local prosecutor, continued the investigation, leading to the anticipated new charges.The case is not the only criminal matter entangling Bannon, 68, a media executive and right-wing political strategist who served as an adviser in the Trump White House and remained in contact with Trump even after he was pushed out.for refusing to appear before the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
Bannon, who is scheduled to be sentenced in October on the contempt conviction, said after the verdict that he planned to file an appeal.
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