Former White House Chief Strategist
Steve Bannon is an American media executive and political strategist who served as White House Chief Strategist in the Trump administration from January to August 2017. He was the executive chairman of Breitbart News. In August 2020, he was arrested on a yacht and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to the We Build the Wall campaign. He was pardoned by President Trump on January 20, 2021. In 2022, he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the January 6th Committee.
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We Build the Wall, fraud charges, border wall fundraising
"Bannon and others allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."
January 6 Committee, contempt of Congress, subpoena
"A federal jury found Bannon guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena."
Bannon has advised Trump Media & Technology Group on strategy for Truth Social.
Bannon served as Vice President of Cambridge Analytica from 2014-2016.