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Poor Saps! Bannon takes losers for big bucks!

Journal by aristarchus

Feds Indict Steve Bannon for Finessing Racists, and I Don’t Know How to Feel
Michael Harriot broaches the obvious at The Root:

If a white nationalist robs a racist in the woods, can you hear me not giving a fuck?
Should we applaud the fact that the bigoted propagandist who gave us Breitbart, Milo Yiannopoulos and Donald Trump has been indicted for fraud? Or should we be happy that a bunch of xenophobic nitwits had their disposable income stolen? If ever there was a perplexing philosophical quandary, it is this.

Chronic greyscale disease sufferer Steve Bannon, the chief architect in charge of making America great again, has been indicted for defrauding a clusterfuck of Caucasians out of their border wall savings, according to federal prosecutors from the U.S. Justice Department’s Southern District of New York.

Particulars?

According to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, the SDNY Corruption Unit charged Bannon, along with co-conspirators Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In a statement, SDNY’s Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss alleges that Bannon created a sham non-profit organization and shell companies that funneled over $1 million in donations from “We Build the Wall”—an online crowdfunding campaign that raised over $25 million to erect a privately funded version of Donald Trump’s border wall.

Those poor people!

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by fustakrakich on Friday August 21 2020, @07:15PM (6 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday August 21 2020, @07:15PM (#1040046) Journal

    200 dollars [soylentnews.org] isn't that much, is it?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @07:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2020, @07:20PM (#1040048)

    Subscription on S/N for 10y!!!11!1one!

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday August 21 2020, @07:20PM

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Friday August 21 2020, @07:20PM (#1040049) Journal

    ~500 lbs of yummy rice during pandemic

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday August 21 2020, @07:31PM (1 child)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday August 21 2020, @07:31PM (#1040055) Journal

    I was not going to mention any particular Soylentil who might have fallen for this right-wing racist scam, to save them embarrassment.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:24AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:24AM (#1040183)

    Could be worse wrt donation misuse, he could have donated to United Way.

    Leave it to the demorats to make fun of fraud victims.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:45AM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:45AM (#1040200) Journal

      Yeah, could be worse... Could be better too! Let's stay safe right in the middle

      Fraud victim, please! Should I feel sorry for the guy who ruined his tuxedo when he dove into the pig slop?

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