What is the reason why Bannon, a former political adviser to Trump, was arrested?

Bannon, former political adviser of US President Trump, was arrested with three others on August 20, 2020 on suspicion of participating in the "Let's build a wall" project.

Comprehensive CNN, Bloomberg and other media reports On August 20, 2020, the New York District Attorney said in a statement.

The statement said that the online donation program raised $25 million to build the southern border wall of the United States, but Bannon was accused of using the money for personal expenses. According to the prosecutor, Bannon will appear in court on the afternoon of the 20th local time.

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Bannon was born in 1953, 1 1. He served in the US Navy and later became the CEO of Bright Bart News Network. 20 16 Join the Trump campaign team.

20 17 1, Bannon became the chief strategist of the White House and senior adviser to the President.

On April 5, 20 17, Bannon was removed from the National Security Council by Trump and was replaced by Thomas possente, a homeland security adviser. 19 In August, Trump dismissed Bannon as the chief strategic analyst.

On May 3, 2020, CCTV's "News Network" broadcast an international commentary, boasting that anti-China deep-water bomb squad farmers feared that the world would not be chaotic.

Sharp comments pointed out that under the background that the number of confirmed cases in COVID-19 in the United States exceeded one million, and the economy hit its biggest decline since the international financial crisis in the first quarter, such stubborn anti-China elements as Bannon ignored the facts and legal principles, made wild remarks and forcibly "dumped the pot" in China, fearing that the world would be chaotic and had no moral shame.

As a former senior strategic adviser to the President of the United States, Bannon's political views are extremely radical, and he has always been keen on clamoring for confrontation and propagating racist and xenophobic ideas. After being swept out by the White House in August, 20 17, Bannon still clung to the cold war mentality, peddling and spreading the "China threat theory" everywhere in an attempt to make a comeback.

Bannon's lies can't change the hard facts. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has always adhered to the principles of openness, transparency and responsibility, reported the epidemic to the World Health Organization at the first time, shared the COVID-19 gene sequence with the world at the first time, and carried out international cooperation with experts on epidemic prevention and control at the first time.

China Youth Daily-Bannon, a former Trump adviser, was arrested.