Steve Bannon indicted by federal prosecutors, charged with defrauding ‘We Build the Wall’ donors – live

DoJ says Bannon and three others arrested for leading online campaignKamala Harris accepts vice-presidential nomination on historic nightObama delivers searing Trump attackTrump tacitly endorses baseless QAnon conspiracy theory1,294 deaths and 42,932 new Covid-19 cases reported yesterday1.1m Americans made initial claim for unemployment benefit last weekSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.42pm BST Former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested in New York in connection to an online fundraising scheme. The Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York (SDNY) says that Bannon, along with three others, were arrested for leading the “We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign that “defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors”. Leaders of ‘We Build The Wall’ online fundraising campaign charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors https://t.co/cH2abWm2Ph pic.twitter.com/NKxfKXkcEX 2.23pm BST This is Lauren Aratani taking over for Martin Belam. After a night of vitriol at the Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump is trying to remind those in the Republican Party who has brought them success. Trump is once again attacking the late senator John McCain, this time referring to him as a “lousy candidate” and criticizing former members of his campaign who have since been critical of Trump. Trump has a long history of attacking McCain, who at the end of his life was critical of Trump. Sarah is correct. McCain was a lousy candidate with lots of bad policy, but the “deadheads” sabotaged his campaign from the inside, and never gave him a chance to win. Hope they were happy with OBiden, who gave you me! https://t.co/rynLuGRKHA Continue reading…
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