“Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is trying again to get money from ‘We Build the Wall,’ a charity that offered him $20,000 a month which he cannot try to access until after ex-White House strategist Steve Bannon and others stand trial for allegedly defrauding its donors. Two weeks after a federal judge refused to let him access the charity’s funds, Kobach took his appeal to the Second Circuit on Monday.”
“Kobach has not been charged along with We Build the Wall’s founder Brian Kolfage and the charity’s officials Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea, and Bannon, whom federal prosecutors accuse of duping those who contributed to the $25 million crowdfunded project with the expectation that ‘100%’ of the money would go toward constructing a barrier on the U.S. southern border. Instead, Bannon pocketed at least $1 million of the money, and Kolfage took $350,000 plus went on a spending spree to buy a Jupiter Marine yacht called the Warfighter, a Range Rover SUV, a golf cart, jewelry, and cosmetic surgery, prosecutors say. As general counsel, Kobach was compensated handsomely in attorneys’ fees that the government does not allege to be improper. On Dec. 14, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres rejected Kobach’s argument that blocking the money interfered with his due process rights” – MSN News