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35%  
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  • We Build The Wall founder sentenced to 4 years in prison

    04/26/2023 11:11:16 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 28 replies
    Associated Press ^ | April 26, 2023 | Jake Offenhartz
    The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Wednesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors. Brian Kolfage, a decorated Air Force veteran who lost both of his legs and an arm in the Iraq War, previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations from the We Build the Wall campaign. A co-defendant, financier Andrew Badolato, was also sentenced to three years for aiding the effort. He had also pleaded...
  • ‘We Build the Wall’ fraudsters plead guilty in federal court

    04/21/2022 4:48:40 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 29 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 21, 2022 | Ben Feuerherd
    Two fraudsters who ripped off donors of a fundraising campaign that purportedly sought to collect money for a wall along the southern US border during Donald Trump’s presidency pleaded guilty Thursday for their roles in the scam. The swindlers, Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, each copped to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud during a remote hearing before Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan federal court. Kolfage also pleaded guilty making false statements on tax returns to hide from the IRS the hundred of thousands of dollars he siphoned off from the GoFundMe campaign, which was dubbed “We Build...