FBI Now Probing $300 Million Media Company Deal Linked To Steve Bannon: Report

[Nevilledog]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-guo-wengui-gtv-media-sec-probe_n_5f3eed87c5b697824f964ed9

Steve Bannon’s fraud indictment linked to fundraising for Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall isn’t his only legal headache. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are also investigating a $300 million investment offering for a planned media company tied to Bannon and fugitive Chinese businessman Guo Wengui.

Bannon was arrested Thursday morning aboard Guo’s luxury yacht after he was indicted for fraud for allegedly siphoning funds from a crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall” that raised more than $25 million. The “volunteer” organization promised that 100% of donations from hundreds of thousands of contributors would go toward building a section of Trump’s long-promised border wall, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Bannon pleaded not guilty later in the day and was released on a $5 million bond.

On Wednesday, the Journal had reported that officials were probing the private offering to raise funds for GTV Media Group. Bannon is listed as GTV’s director and Guo as its adviser and fundraiser in a company fundraising document the Journal viewed. Guo, a wanted fugitive in China, has been accused of bribery, fraud and money laundering, all of which he has denied.

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[Initech]

1. Man, Dio was right - when you listen to fools, the mob rules.

[safeinOhio]

2. He went to Business school at

Trump University.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Everyone needs to read the Bio on GTV via Google.

And you wonder who is running Hackers,please read it.

Never forget,Bannon wanted to be a Hollywood Mogul. No one wanted to touch this sucker with a ten foot pole.

Once a Grifter,always a Grifter.

[cstanleytech]

4. Banning probably is counting on a Trump pardon but that may not protect him from state charges.

[malaise]

5. Bannon's trial will start after the Con has been kicked out of the WH

There will be no fucking pardon - from $28M yacht to a prison cell,

[cstanleytech]

6. But does Trump have to wait for a trial or can he issue a blanket pardon?

[malaise]

7. Doesn't matter - there are several more charges to come

Lock them all up!

[Lasher]

10. Trump doesn't have to wait for a trial.

On 24 December 1992, having been defeated for reelection, and nearing the end of his term in office, lame duck President George H. W. Bush pardoned five administration officials who had been found guilty on charges relating to the affair.

(snip)

He also pardoned Caspar Weinberger, who had not yet come to trial. Attorney General William P. Barr advised the President on these pardons, especially that of Caspar Weinberger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair#Pardons

Sadly, this case can be cited as a precedent for preemptive pardons.

[cstanleytech]

13. I hope he realizes though that anyone he pardons can be forced to testify against him in court.

And also that a commutation will not help him here because unless there is a conviction he cannot commute shit.

[Major Nikon]

8. ...

[Lasher]

11. Karma's a bitch.

[Cha]

14. YOU FUCKING LIAR ASSHOLE, Bannon. KARMA had a Special

SPOT for your SHITHOLE Big MOUTH.

[Illumination]

18. Well that's irony!

[SergeStorms]

9. I was wondering when that was going to come up.

And I'm soooooooooooooooooo glad it's coming up now. Orange is a good color for you, Steve! Buh bye.

[Cha]

12. So Bannon wasn't smart Enough to know the FBI

would catch on to him.. wonder how surprised he was when they boarded Guo's "boat"?

Do you know if this is a crime if convicted trump can pardon him for?

OT.. all this investigating you're doing for us, Nd.. you're like the Energizer Bunny.. Thank you!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

15. Yep, I shared a WSJ article about it here on Thursday.

It has received very little national media attention so far, but that will change once there's an indictment.

I'm not even going to say IF, but when. We're talking about Bannon, after all.

[Sherman A1]

16. K&R

[oasis]

17. K and R