This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s trial on charges he defrauded donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border might not happen until late next year, a judge said Tuesday. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan said he anticipates Bannon, former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally, will go to trial in November 2023 — about a year before the 2024 presidential election. Manhattan prosecutors charged Bannon, 68, last month with state-level money laundering, fraud and conspiracy charges related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. Bannon has pleaded not guilty. The New York case stems from much of the same alleged conduct as a federal case cut short last year by a Trump presidential pardon. Prosecutors say that Bannon falsely promised donors that all money would go to constructing a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, prosecutors allege, … [Read more...] about Judge expects Steve Bannon’s wall fraud trial in Nov. 2023