An associate of the border wall crowdfunding group "We Build the Wall" told CNN Thursday federal agents "raided" his recreational vehicle in Mesquite, Nevada, hours before prosecutors unsealed charges accusing others involved in the group, including Steve Bannon, of defrauding donors. “In the predawn, heavily armed federal agents served Jennifer Lawrence and I with warrants for our cell phones and subpoenas to appear before a grand jury. Stockton said federal agents told him the warrants and subpoenas came from the Southern District of New York. But instead, according to prosecutors, Bannon, through a non-profit under his control, used more than $1 million from We Build the Wall to "secretly" pay Kolfage and cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bannon's personal expenses. Stockton told CNN that he a Lawrence are “still deciding on {legal} counsel."

Source: CNN August 20, 2020 13:50 UTC