Steve Bannon has been arrested, the Manhattan federal prosecutor said Thursday. Former Donald Trump adviser indicted for embezzlement of funds paid via crowdfunding site purported to help build US-Mexico border "wall" promised by US president

The man who was one of the architects of the New York magnate's presidential campaign in 2016 is accused of having, along with three other managers of the site "We Build The Wall", "diverted from the 'money from hundreds of thousands of donors, "prosecutor Audrey Strauss said in a statement.

Steve Bannon would have used in particular "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to cover "personal expenses", she added.

With AFP

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