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The election was fixed.

https://www.ltgov.texas.gov/contact/

 

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Steve Bannon Arrested for Allegedly Defrauding People with Border Wall Crowdfunding Campaign
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Former senior White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday morning on accusations he defrauded people who donated money to build a wall on the U.S./Mexico border.

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bannon and three other people — Brian Kolfage, Timothy Shea, and Andrew Badolato — “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors…in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign ultimately known as ‘We Build The Wall’ that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States.”

Bannon, Kolfage, Shea and Badolato are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The indictment alleges Bannon misled people by claiming that 100 percent of the donated money would be used for the project. According to federal prosecutors, the defendants misused several hundred thousands of dollars to enrich themselves.

“The defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction,” Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in the statement.

“While repeatedly assuring donors that Brian Kolfage, the founder and public face of We Build the Wall, would not be paid a cent, the defendants secretly schemed to pass hundreds of thousands of dollars to Kolfage, which he used to fund his lavish lifestyle,” Strauss continued.

The indictment alleges that they faked invoices and sham “vendor” arrangements to hide where the money was actually going.

Added Inspector-in-Charge Philip R. Bartlett: “The defendants allegedly engaged in fraud when they misrepresented the true use of donated funds. As alleged, not only did they lie to donors, they schemed to hide their misappropriation of funds by creating sham invoices and accounts to launder donations and cover up their crimes, showing no regard for the law or the truth.”

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Within a week of Kolfage’s launching the campaign in December 2018, they raised roughly $17 million, prosecutors allege. That’s when Bannon created the nonprofit We Build the Wall Inc.

According to the indictment, Kolfage, Bannon, and Badolato learned in the Fall of 2019 that the endeavor was under federal investigation.

Prosecutors allege that they “took additional steps to conceal the fraudulent scheme,” including using encrypted messaging, stopping Kolfage’s salary payments, and removing text from their website claiming that Kolfage would not be compensated.

Bannon worked in right-wing media before being tapped to serve as chief executive officer of President Trump’s 2016 campaign. After the election, he served as chief strategist during the first few months of Trump’s administration before being fired in August 2017.

Bannon has not yet entered a plea. Alexandra Preate, a representative for Bannon, and Bill Burck, a lawyer for him, did not immediately return calls or emails from PEOPLE seeking comment.

Attorney information for the other defendants wasn’t immediately available.

No relief for gullible MAGAtards:

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...-against-ex-trump-adviser-bannon-cites-pardon
U.S. Judge Dismisses Indictment Against Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon, Cites Pardon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed an indictment accusing Steve Bannon, who was once an adviser to former President Donald Trump, of defrauding donors in a scheme to build Trump's signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said dismissal was "the proper course" in light of a pardon that Trump gave Bannon just before leaving the White House.

 

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Starting to look like Trump has a chance to take AZ based on insider reports.

MAGA rioter 'weeps' in court as defense lawyer says he was a 'victim' of Trump's lies: report

On Tuesday, WHAM reported that a New York man "wept" at his detention hearing for his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Mattice was arrested in Hilton, New York last week, with the help of internet sleuths who knew him as "Cody from Rochester." He allegedly helped break down barriers at the Capitol and pepper-sprayed Capitol Police officers to allow others to break through the line.

One text message from Mattice boasted that "we took the capital, bro ... I yanked the gates from the cops. I also maced a cop." Another text from Mattice justified his participation in the riots by saying that "Trump told us to because of the fraud."

 

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Trump-loving restaurateur's anti-Biden 'only serving patriots' sign backfires

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Donald Trump/Joe Biden. (AFP/Biden Facebook page)

A Trump-loving restaurateur in the shadow of the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort says he regrets posting an anti-Biden sign after his business declined, his phone lines blew up with complaints, and his Yelp page was shut down after being flooded with negative comments.

Eddie Lubic, who owns Eddie's Ristorante in Jupiter, Florida, posted a sign a few weeks ago outside the Italian eatery saying "only serving Patriots of the USA," the Palm Beach Post reports.

"If you are still a Biden supporter, this restaurant is not for you," the sign read.

Although Lubic now admits he "may have made a mistake," he doesn't appear to have learned anything, according to Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino.

Lubic recently replaced the sign with a new one saying, "We are only serving Patriots of the USA vaccinated and unvaccinated. Question … In light of the Afghanistan debacle and the border crisis, do you still support Sleepy Joe and the corrupt White House administration?"

Lubic told the newspaper that after he posted the first sign, "I gained some (customers), but I probably lost more people than I gained. The message was too heavy for the guys on the Left."

He also said it was "very tough on his staff."

"My hostess is 19 years old. People call her 100 times a day, and they curse at her," Lubic said. "They're relentless."

 

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