BREAKING: Steve Bannon pleads guilty to defrauding Trump supporters over southern border wall

It’s just being reported that Steve Bannon has pled guilty in New York City today to defrauding Trump supporters after he helped raise money in President Trump’s first term to build a southern border wall.

But he won’t serve any time in prison because he was sentenced to conditional discharge.

Here’s more from CNBC:

Steve Bannon, a former top White House aide to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York in connection with the defrauding of Trump supporters who contributed more than $15 million to a purported effort to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.Bannon, 71, was sentenced to three years of conditional discharge after pleading guilty, meaning he will not serve any time in prison.Manhattan Supreme Court Judge April Newbauer also barred Bannon from serving as an officer or director of a charity or any charitable organization in New York state, and from engaging in fundraising, and from not-for-profit groups in the state.Bannon pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree scheme to defraud. He originally was charged in 2022 with six criminal counts.The guilty plea came three weeks before the scheduled start of Bannon’s trial in the case.