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Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors — Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme
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Edmund H. Mahony / Hartford Courant:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was on billionaire's yacht off Connecticut shore when federal agents arrested him early Thursday — Stephen K. Bannon, former top advisor to President Donald Trump, was arrested while on a yacht off Westbrook early Thursday, law enforcement sources said.
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New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Charged With Fraud in ‘We Build the Wall’ Campaign — Mr. Bannon and three others are accused in a scheme to use funds raised for construction to pay for personal expenses. — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former top adviser, was charged on Thursday in New York …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon, three others charged with defrauding donors to online fundraising campaign for border wall — Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds …
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Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Politico, New York Post and The Week
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
The ‘We Build The Wall’ Huckster Is Accused of Duping Donors. Turns Out, He Planned To Sell Their Data Too.
The ‘We Build The Wall’ Huckster Is Accused of Duping Donors. Turns Out, He Planned To Sell Their Data Too.
NBC New York:
Former Trump Campaign Boss Steve Bannon Indicted for Fraud in NY
Former Trump Campaign Boss Steve Bannon Indicted for Fraud in NY
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Business Insider, JONATHAN TURLEY, NBC Connecticut, Raw Story and The Post Millennial
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors in fundraising scheme
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Steve Bannon pleads not guilty on fraud charges
Steve Bannon pleads not guilty on fraud charges
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Redstate, HillReporter.com, NPR, The American Independent and UPI
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The “Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon's Arrest
The “Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon's Arrest
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Raw Story
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Bannon's indictment confirms that the American right is made up of con artists
Bannon's indictment confirms that the American right is made up of con artists
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Raw Story and The Mahablog
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
Each of the three people who led Trump's 2016 campaign has now faced criminal charges
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Fox News:
Steve Bannon, ‘We Build The Wall’ organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors
Steve Bannon, ‘We Build The Wall’ organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, One America News Network and National Review
NBC News:
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors to ‘Build the Wall’ campaign
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors to ‘Build the Wall’ campaign
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Rolling Stone and The Cain Gang
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme
Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme
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Townhall
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Bannon Grifter Indictment: More Steel Bracelets for Team Trump
Bannon Grifter Indictment: More Steel Bracelets for Team Trump
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Eschaton
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show — “We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected.” — Aaron Gordon — Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to …
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Los Angeles Times:
‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks — Six weeks ago, U.S. Postal Service workers in the high desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., began to notice crates of mail sitting in the post office in the early morning that should have been shipped out for delivery the night before.
Adm. Steve Abbot / Defending Democracy Together:
A STATEMENT BY FORMER REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS — We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congress.
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Axios, Foreign Policy, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Top Republican National Security Officials Say They Will Vote for Biden — In a letter released hours before Joe Biden is set to deliver his nomination acceptance speech, over 70 senior officials called President Trump “unfit to lead” and outlined their support for his opponent.
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Reuters
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Hunter Biden to talk at Democratic convention — Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and a favorite punching bag of Republicans, plans to speak on Thursday during the last night of the Democratic National Convention. — Hunter Biden has been a common focal point …
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Washington Post, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Daily Kos
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it — Barack Obama went high. — On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …
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Victoria McGrane Globe / The Boston Globe:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Kennedy in race against Ed Markey — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in his primary challenge to incumbent Senator Edward J. Markey, a boost for the challenger in what polls suggest is a neck-and-neck race.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi endorses Kennedy over Markey in tight Massachusetts Senate primary
Pelosi endorses Kennedy over Markey in tight Massachusetts Senate primary
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Associated Press
New York Times:
Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to D.A., Judge Rules — A federal judge rejected the president's argument that a subpoena seeking eight years of his tax returns was ‘wildly overbroad.’ — A federal judge on Thursday rejected President Trump's latest effort to block the Manhattan district attorney …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, TheGrio and POLITICUSUSA
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Judge throws out Trump's effort to block subpoena for financial records
Judge throws out Trump's effort to block subpoena for financial records
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Politico, Bloomberg Law, Associated Press, ABC News, Mother Jones, Reuters and One America News Network
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Judge throws out Trump challenge to Manhattan DA subpoena for tax records
Judge throws out Trump challenge to Manhattan DA subpoena for tax records
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The Root, The US Sun, Daily Kos and UPI
NBC News:
Trump cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials — WASHINGTON — In early May 2018, after weeks of phone calls and private meetings, 11 of the president's most senior advisers were called to the White House Situation Room where they were asked …
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult — Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts. “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.
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Redstate, HillReporter.com, Raw Story and The Week
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Trump's QAnon embrace draws GOP backlash — President Donald Trump's embrace of QAnon is drawing backlash from some prominent Republicans, who say his comments Wednesday on the group that believes he is saving the world from a satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals have “no place” in the party.
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Washington Post, The Bulwark and HillReporter.com
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for coronavirus — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus, and is “strictly following the direction of our medical experts” by quarantining, local ABC affiliate WBRZ reports. — The big picture …
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Politico, WBRZ, Associated Press and Reuters
New York Times:
Aleksei Navalny Hospitalized in Russia in Suspected Poisoning — The prominent opposition leader was reported to be in “serious condition” in intensive care in Siberia after his flight to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing. — MOSCOW — Aleksei A. Navalny …
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Politico:
Falwell's use of yacht comes under scrutiny — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has repeatedly used a 164-foot yacht owned by NASCAR mogul Rick Hendrick for family vacations after the university committed to a lucrative sponsorship deal with Hendrick Motorsports …
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Raw Story
Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Joe Biden leads Donald Trump narrowly among Pennsylvania voters in new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll — As Democrat Joe Biden formally accepts his party's presidential nomination, a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows him with a narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump …
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New York Times and PoliticsPA
Richard Salame / The Intercept:
Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court — President Donald Trump's campaign, ordered by a federal court judge in Pennsylvania to back up its claims of fraud in the state's vote-by-mail system, has documented only a handful of cases of election fraud in recent years …
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Raw Story