Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Bannon may yet see the inside of a jail cell

Investigators working under District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. in his office’s Major Economic Crimes Bureau are in early-stage discussions to determine if there’s a state case to be brought against [Steve] Bannon for his actions in [a scam] fundraising campaign, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the office’s deliberations.

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Bannon and three others were charged by federal prosecutors in Manhattan with falsely claiming that they would not take compensation as part of their "We Build the Wall" fundraising campaign to underwrite part of the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The three others charged with Bannon were not pardoned by Trump.

[...]

While talks among investigators in Vance’s office are preliminary, the focus is on whether a state case against Bannon covering the same criminal conduct from his federal case would be an option once a judge formally ­dismisses it. Unlike in Vance’s attempted prosecution of Manafort, double jeopardy probably would not apply given that Bannon has not been convicted at the federal level.

According to the federal indictment, victims in the case reside in the Southern District of New York, which covers Manhattan, potentially giving the district attorney jurisdiction. Financial transactions also routinely give jurisdiction to the Manhattan district attorney because most major banking institutions are based or have operations in New York.

  WaPo
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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