Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York City.
Bannon, 68, plans to turn himself in Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Washington Postciting unnamed sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier federal prosecution attempt, in which Bannon was accused of misleading donors who gave money to fund a wall on the US southern border.
That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment Tuesday night.
In a statement, Bannon said District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has now decided to file bogus charges against me 60 days before the midterm elections,” accusing the Democratic prosecutor of targeting him because he and his radio show are popular. among Republican Trump supporters.
“The SDNY did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to get me out of the election,” Bannon said, referring to his arrest months before Trump’s re-election loss.
Federal agents dragged Bannon off a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges of pocketing more than $1 million in donations for the wall.
“It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now,” the former White House strategist said. “This is nothing more than partisan political weaponry of the criminal justice system.”
Bannon, who has pleaded not guilty, was removed from the federal case when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office in January 2021.
[Con información de The Associated Press]
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