FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, former adviser to former U.S. President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, reacts during a press conference in New York City following his release from U.S. Federal jail in Connecticut, U.S., October 29, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, is due in court on Tuesday ahead of his trial on criminal fraud charges over a push to fund Trump's signature border wall, weeks after he was released from prison on a separate conviction.
Bannon, 70, is scheduled to stand trial starting on Dec. 9 in New York state court in Manhattan. Prosecutors say he deceived donors who contributed more than $15 million in 2019 to a private fundraising drive to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. He has pleaded not guilty.
