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Why Steve Bannon faces fraud charges: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
imageThe former Trump aide and others allegedly misused funds donated to build a border wall.Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images

Editor’s note: Federal prosecutors in New York have arrested former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon and three other men, and charged them with allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to an online fundraising...

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