Steve Bannon co-defendant in border wall scam case fumes over being called 'fraudster'
NEW YORK — The founder of the We Build the Wall charity is outraged by the feds’ description of him as a “fraudster” who used charitable donations for a “lavish lifestyle.”
An attorney for Brian Kolfage said Monday that the comments, contained in a press release announcing the indictment of him, former White House adviser Steve Bannon and two others, were “inappropriate.”
“We can’t have a situation where the government takes shots, calling my client a fraudster and saying he’s living this lavish lifestyle,” attorney Harvey Steinberg said in a telephonic Manhattan Federal Court hearing.
Prosecutors expressed concern last week about Kolfage’s frequent Facebook posts describing the case as “a witch hunt.”