Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan after being indicted with three others in connection with an online fundraising campaign that prosectors claim defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Trump calls Bannon arrest ‘a sad thing’; David Lee Miller reports.
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan after being indicted with three others in connection with an online fundraising campaign that prosectors claim defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
BREAKING / NBC News: Former advisor to President Trump, Steve Bannon, and four others have been indicted for illegally funneling money from the "We Build The Wall" fund.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 20, 2020
From CBS' Pat Milton: Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate. @SDNYnews alleges he had a role in defrauding donors as part of an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall”
— Margaret Brennan (@margbrennan) August 20, 2020