Bannon surrenders to New York prosecutors over border wall crowdfunding campaign

Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

Steve Bannon, a Trump ally and former White House adviser, surrendered himself to the Manhattan district attorney's office on Thursday and is expected to face charges related to his role in an online crowd funding effort to fulfill Trump's promise to build a wall along the US's southern border with

Four people, including Bannon, were arrested and charged with defrauding donors to their campaign. The group raised over 25 million dollars to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. The group paid more than $1 million to cover Brian's personal expenses, which included boats, an SUV, and cosmetic surgery.

The Washington Post reported Thursday that New York has charged Steve Bannon with money-laundering, fraud, and conspiracy for his role in the We build the wall group.

President Trump pardoned the man after he pled not guilty to federal charges. New York launched its own investigation after the pardon. The state can still bring its own charges even though presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes. The Attorney General of the state of New York is expected to announce the indictment later in the day.

According to CNN, Bannon called the state's chargesphony. President Trump and I are not the only ones who are coming after us. I am going to fight on. I have yet to start fighting. They are going to have to kill me.

The We build the wall campaign was launched in December of last year and raised enough funds to build a three-mile section of fence along the southern border. The board of the new nonprofit organization was made up of people who supported Trump.

The organization's email list was used to raise money for Kobach's senate campaign.

The House select committee in charge of investigating the January 6th, 2021, attack on the US Capitol found Steve Bannon guilty of contempt in July. If he is sentenced later next month, he could be in jail for 30 days.