DOJ filing: Steve Bannon is a "co-conspirator" in a $1 billion fraud case

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DOJ filing: Steve Bannon is a "co-conspirator" in a $1 billion fraud case

In a little-noticed court filing earlier this month, federal prosecutors described Steve Bannon as a “co-conspirator” in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant, far-right Chinese fugitive, compounding the legal headaches of the former Donald Trump adviser. FBI agents in March 2023 arrested Guo Wengui, a self-styled anti-Chinese government activist Bannon once advised, charging him and two associates with using a seri…