[pepsi_junkie]

It's possible Bannan is a crook. On the other hand, funny how everyone who worked for Trump 2016 campaign in a prominent role - other than Kellyann Conway and Corey Lewandowski so far - ends up getting targeted for prosecution for something unrelated to their work for Trump. Manafort, Stone, Bannan. Feels like a message being sent.

Note that nobody who worked for Hillary faces charges for anything, and there were real crimes there that Comey even admitted and then hand waved away as no biggie.

[traderrob6]

“Brian Kolfage”....a paraplegic and veteran of the United States Air Forces. I real shame if true.

[JudyinCanada]

Oh no. Awful, if true. I suspect we will be hearing about the Clinton Foundation very soon.

[Starboard]

Right before the Republican Convention. Gee, what a coincidence.

[Socon-Econ]

These problems are avoidable. What is needed is basic honesty and communication. The donees need only publish a detailed statement of how funds will be spent and an audited, ongoing account of how funds are being spent. It’s not rocket science.

[Kahuna]

If you live in New York (sean Hannity) it’s a good time to get the hell out of Dodge.

[Drew68]

an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25m to build a wall along the southern border of the United States

Curious, how much wall did this particular fundraising campaign actually build?

[Pollard]

Bannon “received over $1m from We Build the Wall, at least some of which Bannon used to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in [his] personal expenses”

That's a lotta booze. He certainly didn't spend it on his personal appearance. (if this is all true) The left has many many non-profits but I guess they're all squeaky clean? Justice for all my ass.

[McGavin999]

Isn’t this the group who built a wall over the mountains that the feds said couldn’t be built. It was halted because of some local judge.

[rlmorel]

There are TEN things you need to keep in mind before jumping to any conclusions:

• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
  
  
• The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.

[FLT-bird]

I simply do not trust the DOJ/Deep State not to be corrupt and bringing a politically motivated case here. They’ve been caught being crooked too many times.

[Religion and Politics]

This is probably patterned after the NRA model investigation in New York. The idea really is to strip the tax deductibility of donations to the organizations.

[Flaming Conservative]

Wake me up when Hillary, her brother, Chelsea, Bill, and DeBlasio’s wife get arrested with those same charges. I’m not going to believe Bannon’s charges for now; the others I mentioned, I KNOW are guilty.

[Dave911]

Don’t they know that only Dems like the Clintons and Obamas get away with this stuff?

[sport]

Philip Bartlett, inspector in charge, said: “As alleged, not only did they lie to donors, they schemed to hide their misappropriation of funds by creating sham invoices and accounts to launder donations ”

Translation: We did not get our cut.

[Lee'sGhost]

From an earlier article from the NYSlimes in re to the acting AG in NY.

Ms. Strauss’s husband, John “Rusty” Wing, a prominent white-collar defense lawyer, is a registered Republican, according to the most recent records from the New York State Board of Elections. Their son, who previously worked as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s press secretary, is married to a senior aide to Mr. Cuomo.

Campaign finance records show that Ms. Strauss is a longtime donor to Democratic candidates, including Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2007 and Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. She contributed in 2006 to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

Ms. Strauss and her husband have donated to several nonprofit organizations, including after-school programs for underprivileged teenagers and a housing provider for homeless families.

She also has served on the board of the Legal Aid Society, which represents poor defendants, and of the Innocence Project, a group that works to free wrongfully convicted prisoners.

[Phillyred]

Deep State Soviets. Unreal. AThisnis getting really really old! Not one damned corrupt pos democrat in the slammer.

[Sasparilla]

So, these arrests are made in advance if the election, but not much happens with the Durham investigation.
Grand juries are meeting, thus these indictments. Where are the Durham indictments of the main criminals?

[theoilpainter]

I have never worked in at DOJ, but if the US Attorney’s office is like other prosecutorial offices, high profile cases such as this one would probably have to be cleared at the top, which would be at Main Justice ( the US Attorney in charge of the criminal division) or perhaps by the AG himself.

[School of Rational Thought]

Southern District of New York - anymore be said?