Steve Bannon Got A Federal Sandwich!

Sloppy Steve got charged by the feds. He and his partners ripped off MAGA donors.

The former chief strategist for Donald J. Trump and three associates were busted in an online fundraising scam. Steve Bannon and three other men are accused for ripping off donors to an online fundraising effort to build a privately funded southern border wall.

Bannon is the latest member associated with Trump to be arrested for criminal conspiracy.

This group called "We Build The Wall" portrayed themselves as eager to help Trump build a "big beautiful" barrier along the United States and Mexico border, as Trump promised during the 2016 campaign.

Of course, Trump wanted Mexico to pay for the border wall. The Mexican government said they are not paying for any construction for the border wall.

They raised more than $25 million from thousands of donors, using their ties to Trump to build a legitimacy, and pledged that 100% of the money would be used for the project.

The U.S. Justice Department announced they unsealed an indictment on Thursday. The charges claim that Bannon and Brian Kolfage, the founder of We Build The Wall used the funds for their private piggy bank. Kolfage used nearly $500,000 for his personal and Bannon used over $1 for his own personal. The feds said that they were "creating sham involves and accounts to launder donations and cover up their crimes."

Two other men, Andrew Badolato and Timotha Shea were also indicted on defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors.

Brian Kolfage and his wife are criminally charged for bilking donors. They used donations to build a border wall for his  wife's cosmetic surgery.

The advisory board included failed senate candidate Kris Kobach, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, white nationalist and former lawmaker Tom Tancredo, former baseball player Curt Schilling and Bannon, who oversees the board.

Bannon was arrested on a luxury yacht in Connecticut. He was taken in by the U.S. Postal Inspectors and Marshals. No bullets were fired.

Trump of course said he didn't know Bannon or didn't have any clue he did it.

"I haven't been dealing with him for a long period of time," Trump said on Thursday. He said he felt that Bannon and Kolfage were treated "very badly" by the U.S. District of Court of Southern New York.

"I think it's a very sad thing for Mr. Bannon, and I think it's surprising," he told reporters at the White House, adding that he knew nothing about the project and never believed in a privately funded border.

That's a lie. Trump endorsed the idea of private donors providing funds to build the wall. He couldn't get the Mexican government to concede to paying. He tried through using a "national emergency" to divert funds and he's trying to get the Supreme Court to back his executive powers to get money from U.S. taxpayers.

White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany also weigh in. She said that Trump "has not been involved with Steve Bannon since the campaign and early days of his administration."

We Build The Wall is a scam. The funds raised for a border wall went to Steve Bannon's yacht. Bannon is a white nationalist who ran Breitbart.

Kolfage used the money to buy a luxury car, renovations on his home, a luxury yacht, jewelry, cosmetic surgery for himself and his wife, personal tax payments and credit card debt.

It's wild.

Bannon was then the chief strategist for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and White House. He lasted only less than eight months there. He was then the host of Breitbart News on SiriusXM. When Andrew Breitbart died, Bannon took over the Breitbart News. Breitbart was a leading force to helping Trump win his election. Breitbart also faced heat for promoting stories for white nationalists.

Bannon was forced out of Breitbart in 2019.

The suspects could face up to 30 years in federal time out for this. They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.