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The trial against the former chief strategist of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, will begin in New York in May of next year. Federal Judge Analisa Torres set May 24 as the start date for a hearing in New York on Monday. At the same time, she warned that the date could be delayed because work on protective measures was pending in several courtrooms due to the corona pandemic.
New York prosecutors charged Bannon and three other suspects with diverting money from an online fundraiser to build a wall on the Mexican border. They are said to have received more than $ 25 million from hundreds of thousands of donors.
Bannon had been arrested the week before. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. On Monday, the other three co-defendants also pleaded not guilty. The four defendants had been connected to the court hearing by video.
Trump distances himself
Bannon was once one of Trump’s closest confidants and was involved in his election victory in 2016, before becoming a White House strategist. He is seen as the driving force behind controversial decisions such as banning the entry of citizens of various Muslim countries. Trump fired Bannon in August 2017. The open split with Trump came after comments he made in Michael Wolff’s outreach book “Fire and Fury” regarding the Russia affair.
Trump had distanced himself from his former strategist after the impeachment against Bannon. He was unfamiliar with your wall building project.
