Citing email and other communications they received via search warrants going as far back as January, prosecutors have said they have “voluminous” emails in their possession relating to the “We Build The Wall” fraud case against Steve Bannon and three others, the New York Times reports via Yahoo News.
A former advisor to President Trump to whom Trump gave a seat on the National Security Council, Bannon, 66, and his cohorts have been charged with defrauding people out of millions of dollars in a scheme claiming to build Trump’s fencing along the southern border.
Bannon and organization founder Brian Kolfage used social media and crowdfunding to raise more than $25 million from individuals, groups and corporations, millions of which were then used to pay for personal luxuries for those two and two other men who are also charged.
After claiming he would not take any income from donations, Kolfage reported took at least $350,000 from the organization to pay for home renovations, boat payments, a luxury car, a golf cart, jewelry, credit card debt and cosmetic surgery.
Bannon was arrested by agents of the US Postal Inspection Service August 20th while sailing aboard a 150-foot yacht owned by Chinese businessman Guo Wengui.
Bannon has claimed that this investigation is a political “hit job” though he’s unable to explain why Trump’s Department of Justice would be out to get him.