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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Steve Bannon reaches guilty plea deal to avoid jail in border wall fraud case, report says

Former Donald Trump adviser and far-right media personality Steve Bannon is expected to plead guilty after he was criminally charged with fraud stemming from fundraising for construction of a piece of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

A plea deal with New York prosecutors, reportedly reached roughly three weeks before a trial was set to begin in Manhattan, will allow him to avoid jail time, a defense attorney told Law360.

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