Bannon Hires Giuliani’s Attorney to Defend Him in Criminal Case
Steve Bannon leaving federal court in Aug. 2020.
Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
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Former presidential adviser Steve Bannon has hired Robert J. Costello to be his attorney in a criminal case alleging he diverted money from a charity funding a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Costello, a former deputy chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York, was named in a court filing Friday. He was tapped by Rudy Giuliani last year to represent the former mayor in investigations about his business dealings and work in Ukraine.