USA v. Kolfage

  1. November 06, 2020

    Quinn Emanuel Drops Bannon After Inflammatory Remarks

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP on Friday asked a New York federal judge to allow it to withdraw from defending ex-Trump confidant Steve Bannon against criminal charges a day after he said that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.

  2. November 05, 2020

    Bannon Co-Defendant Wants His Wall Trial Moved To Colorado

    A Colorado man accused of conspiring with former Trump confidante Steve Bannon to fleece donors who backed a $25 million private effort to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico told a New York federal judge Thursday that he should be able to face a jury in his home state.

  3. October 27, 2020

    Feds Say Border Wall Group Can't Intervene In Bannon Case

    Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that nonprofit We Build the Wall can't intervene to contest a restraining order issued in a criminal case accusing Trump confidant Steve Bannon and several others of siphoning money from the group's border wall crowdfunding campaign.

  4. August 31, 2020

    Bannon Gets May Trial Date For Alleged Wall Funding Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge set a 2021 trial date Monday for former Trump confidant Steve Bannon, conservative activist Brian Kolfage and two other men accused of siphoning at least $1.35 million from Kolfage's $25 million online fundraising effort to build a wall on the southern U.S. border.

  5. August 28, 2020

    Feds Say Bannon Pal's 'Witch Hunt' Comments May Taint Jury

    Federal prosecutors on Friday complained to a New York federal judge about "highly inflammatory" social media posts by Brian Kolfage, an associate of Steve Bannon, saying his commentary on allegations he bilked money from an online fundraising effort to support the construction of a border wall could taint a future jury pool.