” Welcome back, this is Stephen K. Bannon and were off the coast of Saint-Tropez in Southern France in the Mediterranean on a million-dollar private yacht. Brian Kolfage, he took all that cash from Build the Wall,” Bannon states. Bannon was taken into custody on Thursday by agents from the U.S. Postal Service.
Well, may not have actually been a joke after all. Bannon was collared on Thursday by representatives from the U.S. Postal Service. He was– not joking here– detained on the deck of a $35 million, 150-foot private yacht while consuming coffee and checking out a book.
” As alleged, not just did they lie to donors, they schemed to hide their misappropriation of funds by creating sham billings and accounts to cover and wash contributions up their criminal activities, showing no regard for the law or the truth,” Inspector-in-Charge Philip R. Bartlett stated in a statement. “This case ought to serve as a cautioning to other scammers that nobody is above the law, not even a disabled war veteran or a millionaire political strategist.”.
To be fair, the luxury yacht Bannon was removed of was off the coast of Westbrook, Connecticut, not Saint-Tropez..
Oops. Looks Like Steve Bannon stated the peaceful part out loud more than a year ago..
If you somehow missed it, the former White House chief strategist was jailed on Thursday, charged with defrauding donors to the viral We Build the Wall GoFundMe project. Federal district attorneys allege he and Brian Kolfage– the creator of We Build the Wall– worked to funnel countless dollars in donations to Kolfage to money a “extravagant lifestyle.” Two other guys, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, were also charged as part of the plan.
That in mind, flash back to June 2019, with Bannon and Kolfage transmitting a Wall-a-Thon to raise funds. In a clip that was unearthed on Friday and has actually now gone viral, Bannon jokes about taking money from the GoFundMe to buy a private yacht..
” Welcome back, this is Stephen K. Bannon and were off the coast of Saint-Tropez in Southern France in the Mediterranean on a million-dollar private yacht. Brian Kolfage, he took all that cash from Build the Wall,” Bannon states. “No, were actually in Sunland Park, New Mexico.”.
