Steve Bannon called his arrest Thursday a "political hit job" and vowed to fight the federal indictment that alleges he defrauded hundreds of thousands of people who donated to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall with Mexico. STEVE BANNON PLEADS NOT GUILTY AFTER INDICTMENT IN 'WE BUILD THE WALL' CASEBannon said that federal authorities are trying to silence him. "This fiasco yesterday was to intimidate anybody that wants to talk about American sovereignty and wants to talk about the wall," Bannon said. STEVE BANNON, 'WE BUILD THE WALL' ORGANIZERS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING DONORSTrump immediately distanced himself from Bannon and the private border wall campaign. Prosecutors claim that Kolfage, Bannon, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea took money for themselves as the campaign raised more than $25 million.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2020 21:33 UTC