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The Counsel

The Book on Bannon

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Third Degree, Elie Honig discusses the potential for state prosecutors to bring criminal charges against Steve Bannon, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s ongoing investigation of Donald Trump’s finances.   Join Elie every Monday and Wednesday on Third Degree for a discussion of the urgent legal news making the headlines. Third Degree takes on a bit of a different flavor on Fridays, when Elie speaks with a rotating slate of America’s most impressive law school students.  Elie’s analysis doesn’t end with Third Degree.Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring articles by Elie, a weekly roundup of politically charged legal news, and historical lookbacks that help inform our current political challenges: cafe.com/article/the-stay-tuned-newsletter/ Transcript, references and supplemental materials are available on the CAFE website: https://cafe.com/third-degree-podcast/the-book-on-bannon/ Third Degree is produced by CAFE Studios.  Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio and Music Producer: Nat Weiner; Editorial Producers: Sam Ozer-Staton, Noa Azulai. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From Cafe, this is third degree.

0:32.7

I'm Ellie Honig.

0:45.1

Trivia question for you.

0:47.4

Who are these three people?

0:52.6

Brian Colfage, Andrew Battolato, and Timothy Shea.

0:53.9

Any idea? I'll make it a little easier. Let's turn this into a

0:56.8

multiple choice. Option A, the members of the 1980s pop band Men at Work. Option B, the starting

1:03.1

rotation for the 2021 Baltimore Orioles, or option C, the other guys charged with fraud in the

1:09.8

Southern District of New York, along with

1:12.0

Steve Bannon. Okay, I think you know which one it is. You probably remember this case.

1:17.3

It came down about six months ago, August of 2020, a big indictment from the SDNY, my old office.

1:23.3

They charged these four defendants who were the leaders of this group called We Build the Wall.

1:29.6

And basically the ideas that Bannon and the three other defendants raised millions of dollars from hundreds of thousands of private donors purportedly to fund construction of a southern border wall between the United States and Mexico.

1:44.0

And they promised, we build the wall, promised that they'd use all of the donations,

1:50.5

all of the proceeds for wall construction.

1:53.8

100%, they said, guess what?

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