New legal problem for Bannon as feds call him a "co-conspirator" in a massive federal fraud case.

[kpete]

DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
Prosecutors identified the former Trump adviser as part of a massive criminal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui.

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FBI agents in March 2023 arrested Guo Wengui, a self-styled anti-Chinese government activist Bannon once advised, charging him and two associates with using a series of fraudulent investment opportunities to defraud thousands of Guo’s supporters in the Chinese diaspora of more than $1 billion.

Guo used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle for himself and his family, including a $3.5 million Ferrari, a $26 million mansion, a $140,000 piano, and two $36,000 mattresses, the Justice Department alleges. Guo, who also goes by the names Miles Guo and Ho Wan Kwok, has pleaded not guilty. He has claimed his prosecution was the result of Chinese government pressure on the Justice Department. Deemed a flight risk, Guo has been denied bail and jailed since his arrest.

Bannon worked as an adviser for Guo from 2017 until at least 2020, helping Guo launch a series of media companies, nonprofits, and other ventures. In June 2020, Guo and Bannon founded a group dubbed the New Federal State of China, which they claimed was a government in waiting preparing to replace the Chinese Communist Party.

Guo paid Bannon at least $1 million and also gave Bannon use of a private plane, a Connecticut home, and a $30 million yacht, where Bannon was living when he was arrested on unrelated federal fraud charges in 2020.

more:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/doj-filing-steve-bannon-is-a-co-conspirator-in-a-1-billion-fraud-case-guo-wengui/

[BoRaGard]

1. "Lock him up" - Decent Patriotic Americans

Corrupted MAGA repube wankkbucket thugs and criminals stink to high heaven.

They need a bingo-bango-bongo triple-dose of justice.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. That festering corpuscle needs to rot in prison.

[electric_blue68]

3. 👀 Ooooo. Get the bastard!

[moniss]

4. Never gave him a

stylist, a personal groomer or fitness guru though. Same old Bannon.

[PCIntern]

5. When are they gonna lock up this seditious prick?

What does it take in this country to lock up a RWer? Leftists used to be jailed, pilloried, stand trial, and permanently sentenced when I was young

[moniss]

6. They used to make that happen without

even having a trial.

[Astraea]

7. Lock him up

And as for this Guo person, what I always say - EAT THE RICH.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

8. It is long past time for Pig Pen to be put behind bars.

He’ll need to be fumigated and hosed down first.

[surfered]

9. Couldn't happen to a more deserving fellow,

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24602091-guo-gov-49-motion-in-limine