Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested and charged with fraud Thursday in connection with an alleged scheme to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from a crowdfunding campaign supporting one of the president’s signature campaign promises: building a wall along the southern U.S. border. The We Build the Wall campaign wasn’t connected to President Trump but was promoted by several people close to him. It raised more than $25 million, according to prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, which brought...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 20, 2020 13:55 UTC