NEW: The guy who crowdfunded $25 million to build Trump's border wall can't use the money for his legal defense, a judge ruled https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-kolfage-cant-use-build-wall-money-legal-defense-judge-2021-5
Just yesterday, a court unsealed an indictment alleging Brian Kolfage lied on his 2019 tax forms. He said he made ~$63K. Prosecutors said he took hundreds of thousands of more from "We Build a Wall." https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-kolfage-cant-use-build-wall-money-legal-defense-judge-2021-5
Separately, in his New York case — the same one Steve Bannon was pardoned for — he's trying to unfreeze his "We Build a Wall" funds so that he can pay his lawyer.
The judge says no dice. https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-kolfage-cant-use-build-wall-money-legal-defense-judge-2021-5
The judge says no dice. https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-kolfage-cant-use-build-wall-money-legal-defense-judge-2021-5
Kolfage still has some room to move forward. We'll see what happens. https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-kolfage-cant-use-build-wall-money-legal-defense-judge-2021-5