Steve Bannon’s ‘We Build the Wall’ Codefendants Plead Guilty
- Kolfage admits to judge what he did was ‘wrong and a crime’
- Bannon was pardoned by Trump and no longer involved in case
Steve Bannon speaks to members of the media after appearing in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15, 2021.
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Two of Steve Bannon’s former codefendants accused of misusing donations intended to fund a wall with Mexico pleaded guilty to crimes that could land them behind bars for years.
Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato told a judge in Manhattan Thursday that they used money given to the non-profit Build the Wall Inc. for personal expenses despite telling donors that every cent would be used to fund a border wall. Bannon, a one-time strategist to former President Donald Trump, was pardoned on the last day of Trump’s term in office in January 2021 and is no longer involved in the case.