Must be a whole lotta money!
Wasn’t young Donnie Jr. Involved with those unsavory characters?
- HoeHummer
- 08-20-2020, 11:27 PM
- Grace Preston
- 08-21-2020, 05:57 AM
it looks like they were trying help brian kolfage.
post office inspectors arrested bannon? interesting.
Bannon has money, why would he get involved in a scam? Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Lifelong grifter-- some people just love to see what they can get away with. I honestly have no problem believing that he was involved... particularly since with fiduciary crimes, there is a paper trail that leads to the arrests, typically.
- oeb11
- 08-21-2020, 08:41 AM
Interesting how Repulican Bannon is busted after extensive investigation - sent to a Grand jury and indicted.
He deserves a fair trial before a jury of peers.
We will See
Meanwhile - countless DPST - Comey, H.... Brennan, etc - have committed crimes of lying to Congress or under oath, subverted the rule of law by destroying evidence and obstructing justice for their criminal conspiracy to spy on Trump and manufacture false evidence--
and they walk free.
The DOJ is still subverted by the DPST Deep State traitors.
Once Biden is elected - i guarantee a new Ag will stop any and all actions regarding DPST's - and if the Durham report is not released before they take office - it will never surface.
DPST's are a criminal conspiracy to take power and inflict Marxism on America/
He deserves a fair trial before a jury of peers.
We will See
Meanwhile - countless DPST - Comey, H.... Brennan, etc - have committed crimes of lying to Congress or under oath, subverted the rule of law by destroying evidence and obstructing justice for their criminal conspiracy to spy on Trump and manufacture false evidence--
and they walk free.
The DOJ is still subverted by the DPST Deep State traitors.
Once Biden is elected - i guarantee a new Ag will stop any and all actions regarding DPST's - and if the Durham report is not released before they take office - it will never surface.
DPST's are a criminal conspiracy to take power and inflict Marxism on America/
- sexykarma
- 08-21-2020, 02:27 PM
Four guys indicted....Trump better get the spelling right on those pardons.
How's that pardon for Bernie Madoff coming along?
How's that pardon for Bernie Madoff coming along?
- oeb11
- 08-21-2020, 03:02 PM
How about a pardon for obama???
he cannot hide from the marshall service on martha;s Vineyard.
he cannot hide from the marshall service on martha;s Vineyard.
- sexykarma
- 08-21-2020, 03:26 PM
How about a pardon for obama???Maybe if Obama has some dirt on Trumpy....something he can hang over his head....then he can use it for a little leverage play to get that pardon....
he cannot hide from the marshall service on martha;s Vineyard. Originally Posted by oeb11
Obama better get moving, the waiting line to get a pardon is getting awfully long and Trump's pardon pen gotta be running out of ink.
- Tsmokies
- 08-21-2020, 03:57 PM
It's a well known fact that Putin/
trump supporters and his dah family is not that bright and are really stupid.
If you don't believe me just watch. They prove ignorant on a hourly/minute basis
trump supporters and his dah family is not that bright and are really stupid.
If you don't believe me just watch. They prove ignorant on a hourly/minute basis
- bambino
- 08-21-2020, 07:09 PM
It's a well known fact that Putin/All anyone has to do is read one of your posts to know you’re incredibly stupid an uneducated.
trump supporters and his dah family is not that bright and are really stupid.
If you don't believe me just watch. They prove ignorant on a hourly/minute basis Originally Posted by Tsmokies
- dilbert firestorm
- 08-21-2020, 11:07 PM
https://townhall.com/columnists/mari...doing-n2574756
What Exactly Are Brian Kolfage and Steve Bannon Accused of Doing?
Marina Medvin|Posted: Aug 20, 2020 2:07 PM
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.
We Build the Wall is a crowdfunding campaign that has raised more than $25 million from hundreds of thousands of donors.
On Thursday, Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea were arrested and charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count each of conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to We Build the Wall and misappropriation of the donated funds.
Each of these federal felony offenses carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, which means each defendant faces 40 years of maximum incarceration.
According to the indictment out of the Southern District of New York, in order to induce donors to donate to the campaign, Brian Kolfage, “repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would ‘not take a penny in salary or compensation’ and that ‘100% of the funds raised . . . will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose.’” Steve Bannon echoed these allegedly false assurances, publicly stating, “we’re a volunteer organization.”
“Those representations were false,” the indictment stated boldly. The four men are each alleged to have used the donated funds “in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations.” In other words, fraud.
Steve Bannon is accused of funneling over $1 million from We Build the Wall through a non-profit under his control, with hundreds of thousands of dollars alleged to have been used for Bannon’s personal expenses and a portion of the money being redirected to Kolfage. Brian Kolfage is accused of converting $350,000 in funds for personal use, while repeatedly telling his donors that he won’t be taking a penny.
The men devised a scheme to conceal payments to Kolfage by routing his personal payments from We Build the Wall through a non-profit shell company under Bannon and Shea’s control, federal agents learned through their investigation and review of text messages exchanged by the men. The four men apparently pulled out all the stops, from fake invoices to sham vendor arrangements, in order to keep payments to Kolfage under the table.
The scheme appears to have originated after Kolfage needed assistance with his We Build the Wall project in December 2018. GoFundMe.com suspended the campaign and threatened to return funds back to the donors because the crowdfunding site did not have a valid non-profit listed from Kolfage which could receive the donations, nor the ability to transfer the funds to the federal government for the official wall construction. Bannon and Badolato were brought on by Kolfage to help release the funds. They came up with a modified purpose for the campaign, a private construction of the wall. The three men apparently made a variety of misrepresentations to GoFundMe in order to induce the company to release donor funds into their control.
But GoFundMe required each donor to opt-in to the newly restructured private wall mission of We Build the Wall. So Bannon, Kolfage, and Badolato went on an informational campaign to tell the public about the new mission through emails, social media posts, public appearances, etc., continuously repeating the idea that they’re volunteering and not taking a penny from the donations. These misrepresentations, the federal government alleges, were intentionally made to induce donor opt-ins to the new mission and to induce new donations.
Some donors wrote personal emails to Kolfage saying that they don’t have a lot of money and don’t trust fundraising campaigns, but they trust Kolfage to keep his word. Kolfage even sent private messages to donors to assure them that he is not being compensated.
All the while, the men allegedly had an agreement that Kolfage would be covertly paid “$100K upfront” and another $20K per month after that. To conceal these payments in public reports, Kolfage asked Badolato to list these payments as going to his wife for “media.” Shea is accused of helping the men devise other ways to conceal proceeds, including shell companies and laundering funds through fake invoices. A total of $350,000 is alleged to have been paid to Kolfage out of donor funds. Kolfage is purported to have used the money to buy a boat, jewelry, luxury SUV, cosmetic surgery, credit card debt, personal tax payments, and home renovations.
The misuse of the donated funds was never disclosed to the public and the public appears to have continued to donate money based on the false premise that their funds will be used strictly for border wall construction.
While the allegations are shocking and look damning, keep in mind that this is just a set of accusations that are intentionally crafted by creative prosecutors to obtain an indictment. Each of the four men will be reviewing the charges with his lawyer and responding with either a plea of guilty to the charges, or with their own versions of what happened, how, and why. Wait to hear their side of the story before you cement your position on this case. Just remember, Michael Flynn’s case started out just this way…
What Exactly Are Brian Kolfage and Steve Bannon Accused of Doing?
Marina Medvin|Posted: Aug 20, 2020 2:07 PM
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.
We Build the Wall is a crowdfunding campaign that has raised more than $25 million from hundreds of thousands of donors.
On Thursday, Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea were arrested and charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count each of conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to We Build the Wall and misappropriation of the donated funds.
Each of these federal felony offenses carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, which means each defendant faces 40 years of maximum incarceration.
According to the indictment out of the Southern District of New York, in order to induce donors to donate to the campaign, Brian Kolfage, “repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would ‘not take a penny in salary or compensation’ and that ‘100% of the funds raised . . . will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose.’” Steve Bannon echoed these allegedly false assurances, publicly stating, “we’re a volunteer organization.”
“Those representations were false,” the indictment stated boldly. The four men are each alleged to have used the donated funds “in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations.” In other words, fraud.
Steve Bannon is accused of funneling over $1 million from We Build the Wall through a non-profit under his control, with hundreds of thousands of dollars alleged to have been used for Bannon’s personal expenses and a portion of the money being redirected to Kolfage. Brian Kolfage is accused of converting $350,000 in funds for personal use, while repeatedly telling his donors that he won’t be taking a penny.
The men devised a scheme to conceal payments to Kolfage by routing his personal payments from We Build the Wall through a non-profit shell company under Bannon and Shea’s control, federal agents learned through their investigation and review of text messages exchanged by the men. The four men apparently pulled out all the stops, from fake invoices to sham vendor arrangements, in order to keep payments to Kolfage under the table.
The scheme appears to have originated after Kolfage needed assistance with his We Build the Wall project in December 2018. GoFundMe.com suspended the campaign and threatened to return funds back to the donors because the crowdfunding site did not have a valid non-profit listed from Kolfage which could receive the donations, nor the ability to transfer the funds to the federal government for the official wall construction. Bannon and Badolato were brought on by Kolfage to help release the funds. They came up with a modified purpose for the campaign, a private construction of the wall. The three men apparently made a variety of misrepresentations to GoFundMe in order to induce the company to release donor funds into their control.
But GoFundMe required each donor to opt-in to the newly restructured private wall mission of We Build the Wall. So Bannon, Kolfage, and Badolato went on an informational campaign to tell the public about the new mission through emails, social media posts, public appearances, etc., continuously repeating the idea that they’re volunteering and not taking a penny from the donations. These misrepresentations, the federal government alleges, were intentionally made to induce donor opt-ins to the new mission and to induce new donations.
Some donors wrote personal emails to Kolfage saying that they don’t have a lot of money and don’t trust fundraising campaigns, but they trust Kolfage to keep his word. Kolfage even sent private messages to donors to assure them that he is not being compensated.
All the while, the men allegedly had an agreement that Kolfage would be covertly paid “$100K upfront” and another $20K per month after that. To conceal these payments in public reports, Kolfage asked Badolato to list these payments as going to his wife for “media.” Shea is accused of helping the men devise other ways to conceal proceeds, including shell companies and laundering funds through fake invoices. A total of $350,000 is alleged to have been paid to Kolfage out of donor funds. Kolfage is purported to have used the money to buy a boat, jewelry, luxury SUV, cosmetic surgery, credit card debt, personal tax payments, and home renovations.
The misuse of the donated funds was never disclosed to the public and the public appears to have continued to donate money based on the false premise that their funds will be used strictly for border wall construction.
While the allegations are shocking and look damning, keep in mind that this is just a set of accusations that are intentionally crafted by creative prosecutors to obtain an indictment. Each of the four men will be reviewing the charges with his lawyer and responding with either a plea of guilty to the charges, or with their own versions of what happened, how, and why. Wait to hear their side of the story before you cement your position on this case. Just remember, Michael Flynn’s case started out just this way…
- HoeHummer
- 08-21-2020, 11:23 PM
Alt-right defense of another criminals enterprise.
Yous can do better than that Dilsy.
Bannon is a genuine piece of shit. How on Earth are so many of the world’s biggest pieces of shit developing in the USEh? Yous are leading the world in COVID cases, deaths and empowering pieces of shits.
Yous can do better than that Dilsy.
Bannon is a genuine piece of shit. How on Earth are so many of the world’s biggest pieces of shit developing in the USEh? Yous are leading the world in COVID cases, deaths and empowering pieces of shits.
- eccieuser9500
- 08-22-2020, 12:13 AM
‘Instant clout’: How Mar-a-Lago helped Bannon and his team promote ‘We Build The Wall’
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...245132400.html
Everything We Know About ‘Lady May,’ the 151-Foot Superyacht Steve Bannon Got Arrested On
https://robbreport.com/motors/marine...naire-2945635/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...245132400.html
Kolfage said in a 2019 Instagram post that Bannon had brought in the big donors for the fundraiser. A lawyer for Guo, who is wanted in China, did not respond when asked if he was among them.
Federal prosecutors said Kolfage, Bannon, venture capitalist Andrew Badolato of Sarasota and Timothy Shea of Colorado conspired to steal money from the charity for personal expenses, despite promising to use the funds only for building a wall. In fact, it is alleged, some of the money went for plastic surgery, a high-end SUV and payments on a 40-foot recreational fishing vessel named “Warfighter” that made an appearance in a pro-Trump boat parade in Destin, Florida, on the Fourth of July.
Everything We Know About ‘Lady May,’ the 151-Foot Superyacht Steve Bannon Got Arrested On
https://robbreport.com/motors/marine...naire-2945635/
Originally named Como, the yacht was built for New Zealander Neville Crichton. Robb Report reported at the time that the yacht was different from others on the market because its main deck was wrapped in a continuous sheet of glass. “This design creates the illusion that the entire superstructure is supported by glass and provides largely uninterrupted views from the yacht’s salon and forward owner’s suite,” we wrote.
Alt-right defense of another criminals enterprise.
Yous can do better than that Dilsy.
Bannon is a genuine piece of shit. How on Earth are so many of the world’s biggest pieces of shit developing in the USEh? Yous are leading the world in COVID cases, deaths and empowering pieces of shits. Originally Posted by HoeHummer
- lustylad
- 08-22-2020, 02:21 AM
- eccieuser9500
- 08-22-2020, 02:52 AM
Tell you what... if you admit it's federal, not state, and apologize for having fucked up, we'll let you stay in the same room with the adults, ok? Originally Posted by lustyladI think it was a genuine fuck up on hus part.
Simple fact that the USPS apprehended him should have been a big clue.
(Damn I should not have taken that long-ass nap after work.)
- Benedictor
- 08-24-2020, 09:57 AM
Did these alleged activities have anything to do with "Russian Collusion"?It had to do with a luxury Ragnar yacht built on a Russian icebreaker base, right?
How about fucking hot Russian ladies? Not that either? Originally Posted by LexusLover
