Steve Bannon Border-Wall Case in NY Set for May 2024 Trial (2)

Former Donald Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon will go on trial in New York next May on state charges that he defrauded contributors to a fund to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.

Bannon’s criminal trial will follow that of the former president, on unrelated charges, in quick succession and in the run-up to next year’s presidential election, in which Trump is seeking to regain the White House.

At a brief hearing on Thursday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan set the trial for May 27, 2024. But after the judge was notified that was ...