NEW YORK — Former Donald Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon will go on trial in New York next May on state charges that he defrauded contributors to a fund to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bannon’s criminal trial will follow that of the former president, on unrelated charges, in quick succession and in the run-up to next year’s presidential election, in which Trump is seeking to regain the White House.
At a brief hearing on Thursday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan set the trial for May 27, 2024. But after the judge was notified that was a U.S. holiday, the trial was rescheduled to start the following day — May 28, 2024.
