US air force veteran Brian Kolfage admitted to conspiring to defraud donors to campaign to build wall along US-Mexico border
Brian Kolfage, a US air force veteran and former associate of the Trump ally and adviser, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than four years in prison after admitting to conspiring to defraud donors to a campaign to build a wall along the US-Mexican border, as promised by the former president.
Kolfage, 41, lost his legs and right hand in a rocket attack in Iraq. In the federal case, he pleaded guilty last year to misappropriating funds meant for the We Build the Wall campaign. Andrew Badolato, 58, another former Bannon associate, also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.
Badolato and Kolfage led the fundraising push alongside Bannon, Trump’s former campaign chair and White House strategist.Kolfage was accused of taking more than $350,000 and spending it on boat payments, jewelry and cosmetic surgery. He also pleaded guilty to tax charges.
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