Kolfage’s website says the “‘We Build the Wall’ organization is dedicated to building private sections of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Since its launch, the organization has completed its first two construction sections and aims to build a total of 100 miles of wall along the border.”
The Indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court told a very different story, citing that Bannon, Kolfage, Badolato and Shea received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the campaign. Kolfage took over $350,000 and Bannon over $1 million.
Their plan to conceal the payments was to use an undisclosed non-profit under Shea’s control and a shell company. They allegedly created fake invoices and fake vendors to distribute the money. Kolfage said the arrangement information was on a “need to know” basis.
“The defendants allegedly engaged in fraud when they misrepresented the true use of donated funds. As alleged, not only did they lie to donors, they schemed to hide their misappropriation of funds by creating sham invoices and accounts to launder donations and cover up their crimes, showing no regard for the law or the truth,” said Bartlett.
