Longtime Bannon Lawyer Seeks to Withdraw From Criminal Case
- Bannon charged with fraud over funding for southern wall
- Burck represented Bannon in Russian interference investigation
Steve Bannon, center, departs from federal court in New York on Aug. 20.
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Stephen Bannon’s longtime lawyer asked to withdraw from his client’s criminal case, one day after Bannon called for the heads of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray to be placed on pikes on the White House lawn.
Bannon, a onetime political advisor and ally of President Donald Trump, is facing fraud charges in New York for allegedly diverting money from a charity to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawyer, William Burck, has represented Bannon in various matters going back to the special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.