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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
Trump Jr. once described "We Build the Wall" as "what capitalism is all about" and "private enterpr…
John Haltiwanger
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Facebook shut down a network of Steve Bannon-linked pages for spreading election misinformation – but unlike Twitter, it hasn't banned Trump's former chief strategist
The Facebook pages promoted the "Stop the Steal" campaign, which alleges election fraud, and some l…
Grace Dean
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Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud in connection with 'We Build The Wall' online fundraising campaign
Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York charged Bannon, among others, with conspiracy to c…
Grace Panetta
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How a midsize construction firm used political influence, litigation, and media stunts — and secured $2 billion in Trump border-wall contracts
Fisher Sand & Gravel, led by CEO Tommy Fisher, made a sharp recovery after having its prototype per…
Mia Jankowicz
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Man behind 'Build the Wall' GoFundMe has reportedly made a potentially lucrative contact list thanks to a shadowy email-harvesting operation
"People would get worked up about the subject matter, so they'd want to go sign the petition to add…
Mariana Alfaro
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Officials ordered the GoFundMe border wall's gates to stay open after it was built too close to an important monument
The group announced over Memorial Day Weekend that it had completed a small portion of border wall …
Nicole Einbinder,Nicole Einbi…
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After GoFundMe refunded donations to a 'Fund The Wall' campaign, people sent the organizer over $7 million to build the wall privately
According to CBS News, Kolfage and a source close to the campaign said $7 million have already been…
Mariana Alfaro
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GoFundMe is refunding all donations made to the 'Build the Wall' fundraiser
Whithorne told INSIDER that if a donor to the original GoFundMe campaign does not want a refund and…
Mariana Alfaro
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A GoFundMe campaign is fundraising to pay for the border wall - and it has already raised more than $750k
In the campaign's description, Kolfage - a triple-amputee who was severely injured during Operation…
Mariana Alfaro
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The man behind a GoFundMe page that raised $11 million to build Trump's wall also ran conspiracy pages that got kicked off Facebook
Kolfage did an interview with the Guardian around the time the pages were taken down, and said he w…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Steve Bannon was arrested by US Postal Service agents
Federal agents from the Postal Inspection Service arrested Bannon aboard a boat off the coast of We…
Grace Panetta
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The GoFundMe campaign to build Trump's border wall has raised over $12 million, but how much of it will actually go to the build the wall remains unclear
Though the popular fundraising site does not charge a "platform fee" on campaigns, it does charge a…
Mariana Alfaro
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Ethics watchdog slams Trump's last-minute pardons for Steve Bannon and Elliott Broidy: 'Even Nixon didn't pardon his cronies on the way out.'
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington blasted President Donald Trump for pardoning o…
Mia Jankowicz
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Steve Bannon, Curt Schilling, and other Trump diehards are trying to make the viral GoFundMe campaign to privately fund the border wall a reality
Politico reported that the group has held talks with the Israeli firm Magal Security Systems, which…
Michelle Mark
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Have you noticed that a lot of Trump advisers get arrested?
Steve Bannon's arrest on fraud charges means that three of the four people who ran Trump's 2016 cam…
David Plotz,Linette Lopez,Ant…
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If donors raised enough money, here's how they could theoretically build the wall
If, however, they tried to build portions of the wall on federal land, the non-profit organizers wo…
Mariana Alfaro
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A private group chaired by Steve Bannon has started to build its own border wall after receiving millions from GoFundMe
Others involved with We Build The Wall include former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and…
Nicole Einbinder,Nicole Einbi…
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10 Things in Politics: Trumpworld questions McCarthy's future
And Insider has an exclusive sit-down with Maj. Gen. William Walker, the new House sergeant at arms.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Someone created a GoFundMe to 'buy ladders' to counter the fundraiser created to pay for Trump's wall
The fundraiser, Clymer said, will stay open "for a few weeks if there's this continuous rate of don…
Mariana Alfaro
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Those 'Biden is senile' attacks now seem like a huge mistake
The GOP tried to paint Joe Biden as old and losing his mental faculties. His strong DNC speech blew…