Chinanews.com, September 1st, according to the US Chinese website, on August 31, local time, a US judge set a trial date for Stephen Bannon and the three co-defendants, former adviser to US President Trump. He was accused of fraud and money laundering in a crowdfunding project to build the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
According to previous reports, on August 20, 2020, US federal prosecutors accused Bannon and three others of planning a fraud plan involving a $25 million crowdfunding campaign "We build a wall."
The three co-defendants were the initiator of the “We Build the Wall” project, Brian Colfech, and Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, the owner of an energy drink company.
On August 20, Bannon attended a federal court hearing in Manhattan via video connection, and refused to plead guilty to fraud and money laundering charges.
In the virtual hearing on the 31st, Colfech, Badolato and Shay also pleaded not guilty.
They were granted bail and will hand over their passports.
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres of Manhattan set the trial date for this case as May 24, 2021.
Torres also warned the defendant and his lawyers not to make public statements that might harm the impartiality of the jurors or the impartiality of the trial, and said that she might issue a "special order" restricting her activities.
In a court document just last week, the prosecutor asked the judge to warn Colfitch and other defendants not to make "extra-judicial statements" that could damage the jury list, on the grounds that they often posted "highly inflammatory statements" on social media. s post".
Bannon is 66 years old and has served as the head of Trump's campaign team. He is considered one of Trump's main heroes in 2016.
After Trump was elected, Bannon served as the White House's chief strategist and senior adviser to the President. He was fired in August 2017.
After Bannon was arrested, Trump said that he "knows nothing" about the project.