Bannon co-defendant Shea sentenced to 5-1/4 years over ‘We Build the Wall’ fraud

Timothy Shea’s sentence was the longest imposed over the “We Build the Wall” campaign, which federal prosecutors said raised more than $25 million from hundreds of thousands of donors.

In sentencing Shea, 52, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said he helped his co-defendants launder looted donor funds through shell companies, even as they claimed all the money was going to build the wall, and kept $180,000 for himself.

Bannon was criminally charged last September by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with state law violations arising from the wall campaign.

Bannon pleaded not guilty and faces a trial next May 27. Presidential pardons do not cover state prosecutions.

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