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'What you guys are doing is amazing': Donald Trump Jr. spoke at an event for Steve Bannon's 'We Build the Wall' group, which federal prosecutors say defrauded donors out of millions

, Brian Kolfage, and two others in a plot to defraud donors out of $25 million in a fundraising campaign they claimed was launched to fund President Donald Trump's border wall. The defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in the alleged scheme.

"As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the false pretense that all of that money would be spent on construction," .

Bannon was accused of taking more than $1 million from the fundraiser to "secretly" pay Kolfage and cover hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of his own personal expenses.A Facebook page run by Kolfage spenton dozens of ads. Some asked people for donations.

An ad from Brian Kolfage offering an autographed copy of Trump Jr.'s book in exchange for donations to "We Build the Wall.""Don gave one speech at a single We Build the Wall event over a year ago with a group of angel moms and besides that, has no involvement with their organization," Amanda Miller, a spokesperson for Trump Jr., told Insider.

 

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Another corrupt Trump.

Jr has ties, nothing gets done with a trump approving

Very fine people

Womp womp

ممكن اشتراك في قناتي على اليوتوب الله يحفضكم🙏

Well he wasn’t wrong. It was amazing. Just probably also illegal.

Very on brand for Jr.

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He meant you guys are doing an amazing job defrauding people

Time to close down this stupid family shop.

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