new charges against steve bannon this morning, welcome to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. long-time trump adviser and ally steve bannon expected to surrender to prosecutors in new york thursday to face state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern border. bannon allegedly defrauded donors who contributed to a we build the wall campaign. the crowd-funded border wall raised more than $25 million. according to prosecutors bannon falsely told donors that all the money contributed would go toward the construction effort. bannon in a statement calls the indictment phoney charges and a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system. federal prosecutors charged bannon with the same alleged crime in 2020 but president trump pardoned bannon as he was leaving office. presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations, of course. cnn s kara scannell is joining us now with the details. what s the la
piece of damming evidence. bill: new video shows the suspect standing by the passenger side of that s.u.v. and cleaning it out. this was taken only hours after fletcher had disappeared. dana: we re learning more about abston s criminal history. authorities confirmed he was charged with rape at the age of 14. he was 16 years old when he kidnapped a memphis lawyer at gun point and a 24 year prison sentence and released four years early from that. team fox coverage plus reaction from the prosecutor who is overseeing this case, shelby county district attorney. let s begin with jonathan serry with a live update from memphis. the second day in a row we ve seen the defendant appear in court for an arraignment. today on new charges including first degree murder and first degree murder while kidnapping stemming from police positively identifying the body of eliza fletcher. video spotted the mother of two being forced into an s.u.v. while going for a pre-dawn jog friday near the
new charges against steve bannon this morning, welcome to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. long-time trump adviser and ally steve bannon expected to surrender to prosecutors in new york thursday to face state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern border. bannon allegedly defrauded donors who contributed to a we build the wall campaign. the crowd-funded border wall raised more than $25 million. according to prosecutors bannon falsely told donors that all the money contributed would go toward the construction effort. bannon in a statement calls the indictment phoney charges and a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system. federal prosecutors charged bannon with the same alleged crime in 2020 but president trump pardoned bannon as he was leaving office. presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations, of course. cnn s kara scannell is joining us now with the details. what s the latest here?
nearly 13,000 documents seized from mar-a-lago, more than 300 contain classified markings. the judge halted the government s continued access to the documents. she did allow the director of national intelligence to maintain access to determine any risk assessment to national security. finally neither the d.o.j. nor team trump is responding to our request for comment. both teams are facing a friday deadline to name potential candidates for the special master. dana: thank you. bill: so this is breaking as well. former trump white house stage gift steve bannon expected to turn himself in tomorrow in new york city expecting to face charges in a state criminal matter. the washington post reports he is accused of lying to donors who gave money to fund southern border wall construction. a similar federal case ended when president trump pardoned bannon. he calls the new charges phony and a political weaponization