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Coverage dated April 25, 2023

2 men sentenced to years in prison for fraudulent border wall fundraiser tied to Steve Bannon

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Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato previously pleaded guilty to several federal crimes related to siphoning funds from the online fundraising scheme.

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  1. CBS News

    2 men sentenced to years in prison for fraudulent border wall fundraiser tied to Steve Bannon (opens CBS News)

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    Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato previously pleaded guilty to several federal crimes related to siphoning funds from the online fundraising scheme.

  2. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Bannon associate sentenced to more than 4 years for fraud over Trump border wall (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    NEW YORK - Decorated U.S. Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, an ex-associate of Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than four years in prison

  3. Gizmodo

    Bannon-Linked GoFundMe Scammer Sentenced to 4-1/2 Years for Trump Border Wall Scheme (opens Gizmodo)

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    A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran is heading to prison after pleading guilty to a GoFundMe border wall scheme.

  4. CNN

    Two Bannon associates sentenced to prison in border wall scheme (opens CNN)

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    Two associates of former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon were sentenced to more than seven years in prison collectively in connection with defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a border wall scheme, according to a news release from the US Attorney's Office for the Southern Distr…

  5. The Guardian

    Bannon ally handed four-year prison term over Trump border-wall fraud (opens The Guardian)

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    US air force veteran Brian Kolfage admitted to conspiring to defraud donors to campaign to build wall along US-Mexico border

  6. NBC News

    Bannon allies sentenced to prison in 'We Build the Wall' scheme (opens NBC News)

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    Brian Kolfage was sentenced to just over four years in prison, while co-defendant Andrew Badolato was sentenced to three years. Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty in September.

  7. New York Post

    Bannon associate Brian Kolfage sentenced to more than four years for fraud over Trump’s border wall (opens New York Post)

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    Brian Kolfage was sentenced to more than four years in prison, after he admitted to conspiring to defraud donors to a campaign to build former President Donald Trump’s wall along the US-Mexic…