Bannon, 70, was charged in September 2022 with money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly defrauding donors.

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    They also claimed that the organization constructed more than three miles (4.8 km) of the border wall in New Mexico and Texas.

    After raising $15m.

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      It wasn’t even that. Its that everyone involved swore up and down that they would not take a single dollar from the fund.

      The 3 other founders took like 180k-350k, bannon took 1.1 million. Those 3 went to federal prison for fraud for around 3-5 years. Only bannon was pardoned by trump in the last hours of his presidency. Well, here come the state charges.

      They also raised 25 million total, which the 3 convicted of federal charges are on the hook for paying back.