come after bannon allegedly defrauded donors. people will remember, you know, we will build the wall. that whole campaign. people gave money for that. they gave $25 million according to federal prosecutors. where did the money go? so you remember bannon was initially indicted on federal charges in a fraud scheme relating to this fund-raising effort back in august of 2020. he was arrested on a yacht in off the coast of connecticut. prosecutors allege then that they had misled the donors by telling them that all of the money they raised would go toward the construction of that wall, but instead prosecutors said that a million dollars of it went to fund personal expenses of bannon and his co-con co-conspirators. the former president trump had pardoned bannon, just as he was leaving office. and that s when the manhattan district attorney s office opened their state investigation into bannon and into this same fund-raising effort. now, because bannon was not prosecuted, he was indic
the u.s. senate nomination for missouri, it s got a merrick, eric schmitt he s a sitting attorney general in to try to get the u.s. supreme court to overturn biden s election and then launching a fund raising effort after it. tonight, i guess this is breaking news. on the eve of tomorrow s missouri primary, donald trump released an endorsement in this contest, between eric greitens and eric schmitt. trump says he is endorsing eric. i m not kidding, this is actually what his endorsement press really says. i am therefore proud to announce that eric has my complete and total endorsement. and, yes both eric s have enthusiastically accepted that tonight. absolutely unreal, i should also mention that in the great state of washington, jimmy herrera butler is facing a primary challenge tomorrow, she s one of the handful of republican members of congress who voted in favor of trump s
january 6th. they will move to another hearing on wednesday. again, 10:00 eastern time, more material. dana: please stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story. i m dana perino. bill: and i m bill hemmer. thanks for joining us here in new york. dana: we want to bring back our panel. martha maccallum, jonathan turley, marie harf, and andy mccarthy. really great they were all here with us to witness this hearing today. thank you so much. my thought, as they wrapped up they said one of the things they were looking at was a fund-raising effort taking place in the know of all of this. $250 million is what the inspector at the justice department said was raised during this effort. i will also be something you hear about on wednesday. no doubt. there was an enormous fund-raising effort that was built off the back of this. i think anybody pays attention to politics knows that is really not that surprising.
it s five months since the u.s. left afghanistan, after a 20 year war, took just weeks for the country to fall into complete economic turmoil and since then, things, as you can imagine, have gone from bad to diabolically worse, the nation facing the worst hunger crisis since records began and according to eight agencies, well over half the country s population are facing hunger. that s more than 22 million people, including 14 million children expected to suffer from malnutrition in this winter. million of those at risk of dying of starvation, and desperate families left to sell anything they have, including their own children, believe it or not, just to get the bear minimum to stay alive. u.n. just launched a fund raising effort, largest ever appeal for a single country,
the u.s. left afghanistan after a 20-year war, it took weeks for the country to fall into complete can almond turmoil. since then, things as you can imagine have gotten have gone from bad to diabolically worse. a nation is facing its worst hunger crisis since it began, according to aid agencies well over half the country s population are facing a hunger. that is more than 22 million people including 14 million children expected to suffer from malnutrition in this winter. 1 million of those that risk of dying of starvation. that s where families left to sell anything they have, including their own children believe it or not, just to get the bare minimum to stay alive. the un has just launched a fund raising effort, its largest ever appeal for a single country calling for five billion dollars in aid this year alone. now the u.s. announcing this week that they will pledge an additional 300 and $8 million in humanitarian assistance to