China News Service, August 20. According to the Associated Press, on August 20 local time, Steve Bannon, former chief strategist of the White House and former adviser to President Trump, was arrested. The report stated that he and three other people were accused of committing fraud against the donors of an online fundraising activity called "We Build The Wall".
According to reports, these allegations were included in the indictment published by the Federal Court in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors stated that Bannon and the other three "planned a plan to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors." The plan is related to an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a border wall on the southern border of the United States.
On the morning of the 20th local time, no one answered the phone in Bannon's office. A spokesperson for Bannon Bank also did not immediately respond.
In 2016, Bannon served as the head of Trump's campaign team and was considered by the outside world to be one of Trump's main heroes in 2016. After Trump was elected, Bannon served as Chief Strategist of the White House, Senior Advisor to the President, and was a regular member of the "Chief Committee" of the National Security Council. In August 2017, Bannon was defeated in the White House power struggle and then returned to Brightbart News.