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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,212 posts)
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:55 PM Aug 2020

"It doesn't look good": Fox News Judge Andrew Napolitano breaks down the case against Steve Bannon

Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said on Thursday that former Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon could spend up to 20 years in jail if the government's case against him holds up.

Following Bannon's arrest, Napolitano spoke about the allegations that Bannon defrauded donors through a charity that raised $25 million to build a border wall.

"This entity — We Build the Wall — promised its donors that not a penny — quote — not a penny would go into their pockets," Napolitano explained. "So rather than putting the money directly into their pockets, they funneled it to third-party charities and those charities paid the money, according to the indictment, to Steve Bannon and to the others." needed, and that no mail-processing facilities would be shut.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that Bannon and other members of the "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

"They are facing 20 years each," he continued, "for the money that they paid themselves in defiance of their promise not to do so."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doesn-t-look-good-fox-175437277.html

No wonder Billy Barr is pissed at Napolitano.

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"It doesn't look good": Fox News Judge Andrew Napolitano breaks down the case against Steve Bannon (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
When Dis-Barr gets a taste of what the enemy within does say - on TV, on Fux Newts. n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #1
He's wrong... lame54 Aug 2020 #2
+1 DrToast Aug 2020 #3
Bannon will not go to jail. Did the Trumps go to jail after they paid $25,000,000 fine? Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #4
Judge Napolitano was a judge for a long time. His instincts may be good. Cicada Aug 2020 #5

Midnight Writer

(21,803 posts)
4. Bannon will not go to jail. Did the Trumps go to jail after they paid $25,000,000 fine?
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 02:02 PM
Aug 2020

Either he will get a sweetheart plea deal, or Trump will pardon him, or a Trumpist Judge will prove his loyalty by throwing the case.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
5. Judge Napolitano was a judge for a long time. His instincts may be good.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 03:26 PM
Aug 2020

This seems a stronger case to me than Trump U, less likely to produce acquittal. And quick reimbursement was more important to Trump victims so a deal was more appealing. Donors to the wall didn’t really need the money.

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