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Steve Bannon

Danbury, CT
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Steven Bannon Set To Report To Danbury Prison For 4-Month Sentence Steven Bannon Set To Report To Danbury Prison For 4-Month Sentence
Steven Bannon Set To Report To Danbury Prison For 4-Month Sentence Steve Bannon, a once trusted strategist to former President Donald Trump, is set to report to prison Monday, July 1, in Fairfield County. Bannon, a conservative podcaster, is set to begin a four-month sentence at the federal prison in Danbury for defying a congressional subpoena that was investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. The 70-year-old had turned to the US Supreme Court to avoid reporting to prison. That request was denied on Friday, June 28, by the court. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as of 11 a.m. Monday, Bannon had not yet reported to "any" federal prison.&nb…

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by Kathy Reakes
Clifton Park, NY
Politics
Trump Eyeing NY Congresswoman As Veep Pick, Report Says Trump Eyeing NY Congresswoman As Veep Pick, Report Says
Trump Eyeing NY Congresswoman As Veep Pick, Report Says As campaign season heats up, rumors are swirling over former President Donald Trump’s pick to be his running mate should he clinch the Republican nomination. Among the names that Trump is strongly considering for his vice president is New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, NBC News reports. The 39-year-old House Republican Conference chair – whose 21st District represents several Capital Region counties, including Rensselaer – was brought up during a dinner at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home in December 2023, according to the outlet. Trump nodded approvingly and referred to Stefanik as “a ki…

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by Michael Mashburn
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Feds Charge Exiled Chinese Tycoon With $1B Fraud That Funded $26.5M Mahwah Mansion, More Feds Charge Exiled Chinese Tycoon With $1B Fraud That Funded $26.5M Mahwah Mansion, More
Feds Charge Exiled Chinese Tycoon With $1B Fraud That Funded $26.5M Mahwah Mansion, More Exiled Chinese tycoon Miles Guo was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on charges of swindling his online followers out of more than $1 billion that the government said he used, in part, to buy a 58-room mansion in Mahwah. Some of the agents were still at Guo’s 15-room penthouse in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side the afternoon of March 15, six hours after he’d been arrested there, when a mysterious fire broke out on the 18th floor, responders said. No injuries were reported, but authorities said the blaze significantly damaged Guo’s unit. No one drew any immediate conn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Alexandria, VA
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Video Shows Comedian Jon Stewart Screaming At Far-Right TV Anchor In DC Video Shows Comedian Jon Stewart Screaming At Far-Right TV Anchor In DC
Video Shows Comedian Jon Stewart Screaming At Far-Right TV Anchor In DC Comedian Jon Stewart veered off from his usually humorous content, when a video was posted of him shouting at Jack Posobiec in D.C., Daily Beast reported.  The video shows Stewart, who had been in D.C. to advocate in favor of the Honoring Our PACT Act, telling Posobiec he was a "troll" and that he wasn't "in good faith" reports said. Posobiec is a well-known, far-right television anchor who was formerly an associate of ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon, Daily Beast said.  The Honoring Our PACT Act would provide health benefits to veterans who were exposed to burn pit toxins, Daily Beast rep…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Yorktown, NY
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Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel
Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington DC unanimously voted to refer former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, Jr. to the Justice Department for criminal contempt of Congress charges. Scavino, a Northern Westchester native from Yorktown and former resident of Hopewell Junction in Dutchess County who served as a social media director during the Trump campaign and later worked alongside him in the White House as deputy chief of staff, is officially facing a criminal contempt charge for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the i…

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by Zak Failla
Yorktown, NY
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Ex-Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel Ex-Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel
Ex-Trump Aide From Yorktown Held In Contempt By Jan. 6 Panel A top aide for former President Donald Trump who grew up in Northern Westchester and lived in Dutchess County could face charges from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol. Yorktown native and former Hopewell Junction resident Dan Scavino, Jr., who served as a social media director during the Trump campaign and later worked alongside him in the White House as deputy chief of staff, could face criminal contempt charges for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the committee. Related story - Yorktown Native Dan Scavino Gets Post In Donald …

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by Zak Failla
Bronxville, NY
Politics
Trump Issues Last-Second Pardon To Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro’s Former Husband Al Pirro Trump Issues Last-Second Pardon To Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro’s Former Husband Al Pirro
Trump Issues Last-Second Pardon To Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro’s Former Husband Al Pirro As the clock ticked down on his time in the Oval Office, former President Donald Trump issued one last pardon - for the ex-husband of former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the fiery Fox News host. A total of 143 pardons were issued by Trump on his last full day in office on Tuesday, Jan. 19. But after Trump left Washington, D.C. for Florida on Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, it was announced that Trump had issued one more pardon - for Mount Vernon native Albert Pirro, who was convicted in 2000 on conspiracy and tax evasion charges. The announcement was made public as t…

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by Zak Failla
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon was cruising along the Connecticut shoreline in a yacht when he was arrested Thursday, Aug. 20, on fraud charges. Bannon, and three others, is being charged with defrauding donors in a border wall fundraising scam, according to law enforcement officials. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. More news is coming out about the arrest and Bannon had a court hearing scheduled for late afternoon. Bannon was apparently on a $28 million yacht owned by a Chinese exiled billionaire, …

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by Kristin Palpini
Hartford, CT
Police & Fire
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Arrested In Yacht Along CT Coast Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon was cruising along the Connecticut shoreline in a yacht when he was arrested Thursday, Aug. 20, on fraud charges. Bannon, and three others, is being charged with defrauding donors in a border wall fundraising scam, according to law enforcement officials. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. More news is coming out about the arrest and Bannon had a court hearing scheduled for late afternoon. Bannon was apparently on a $28 million yacht owned by a Chinese exiled billionaire, …

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by Kristin Palpini
Shelton, CT
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Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was aboard a yacht off the Connecticut coast when he was arrested and taken into custody for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors. Bannon was on the yacht named "Lady May" off Westbrook, in Middlesex County, Connecticut on Thursday morning, Aug. 20 when six federal agents representing the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and a member of the United States Coast Guard who were aboard a Coast Guard marine unit arrived to serve Bannon his s…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fort Lee, NJ
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Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China' Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China'
Public Puzzled By Planes Circling State Of Liberty: 'Welcome To Federal State Of New China' Some looked on puzzled while others grew concerned when a group of propeller planes circled the Statue of Liberty before dusk Wednesday pulling banners that said: "Congratulations to federal state of new China!" in English and Chinese. What was it about? The stunt was organized by fugitive Chinese billionaire businessman Miles Guo and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. In a live stream from a boat in New York Harbor on the anniversary of the 1989 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Guo said that "from today the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will no longer be the l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
Politics
Documentary On Ex-Trump Aide 'Mooch' Debuts Online, Opens In Theaters On Election Day Documentary On Ex-Trump Aide 'Mooch' Debuts Online, Opens In Theaters On Election Day
Documentary On Ex-Trump Aide 'Mooch' Debuts Online, Opens In Theaters On Election Day He's the only former White House employee who has not dissed President Donald Trump after hearing, "You're fired" from the White House. Now, Trump's first and former White House communications director is featured in a new documentary, titled what else, but "Mooch."  Anthony Scaramucci is moving from television to the big screen with the new documentary. Directed by Andrew J. Muscato, the documentary follows the former White House official’s rise inside the Trump administration, using news footage and interviews with both colleagues of Scaramucci and the political perso…

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by Jon Craig
Greenwich, CT
Politics
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Expected To Meet With House Intel Committee Greenwich's Hope Hicks Expected To Meet With House Intel Committee
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Expected To Meet With House Intel Committee White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, a 2006 graduate of Greenwich High School, is expected to meet with the House Intelligence Committee this week as part of the Russia investigation, according to CNN.  Hicks, 28, was usually by President Donald Trump's side during the campaign, attending nearly every rally as his press secretary, CNN said. The House panel wants to ask Hicks about any contact between other Trump associates and Russians, CNN said.  The committee is likely to ask her about the White House's involvement in crafting a misleading response last summer after a June 2016…

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by Daily Voice
Armonk, NY
Politics
Tristate Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book Tristate Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book
Tristate Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book It's been quite the week for author Michael Wolff, a New Jersey native. Wolff, from Paterson, is the author of "Fire and Fury," an insider's account of the first year of President Donald Trump's White House. The book, which is out now, is No. 1 at Amazon. Former chief strategist Steve Bannon is quoted in the book as saying a meeting Trump's team, which included Donald Trump, Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner took with Russians was "treasonous." Trump responded with a blistering statement saying Bannon has nothing to do with him or his presidency. "When he was fired,…

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by Sam Barron
Armonk, NY
News
Fire At Clintons' Chappaqua Compound Tops Week's Northern Westchester News Fire At Clintons' Chappaqua Compound Tops Week's Northern Westchester News
Fire At Clintons' Chappaqua Compound Tops Week's Northern Westchester News Click here for an updated story: Cause Determined For Fire At Clinton Chappaqua Compound  WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A fire that broke out at the Northern Westchester compound of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton was "knocked down" Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. Click here to read the story. Some others top stories of the week include (Click on the link to read the entire story): The "Bomb Cyclone" storm system that moved through the area Thursday not only lived up to the hype, it sur…

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by Kathy Reakes
Chappaqua, NY
Politics
FBI Questioning Clinton Foundation FBI Questioning Clinton Foundation
FBI Questioning Clinton Foundation The FBI is looking into the Clinton Foundation. The foundation, run by Chappaqua residents Bill and Hillary Clinton, is being questioned by the Justice Department over whether it engaged in any pay-to-play politics while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, according to The Hill. The FBI has interviewed one witness with more interviews planned, according to The Hill, questioning whether the Clintons promised favors in return for charitable donations. Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton, said the probe was disgraceful and a distraction by Republicans. "Let’s call this wha…

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by Sam Barron
Yorktown, NY
Politics
Billionaire Rebekah Mercer, Yorktown HS Grad, Cuts Ties With Steve Bannon Billionaire Rebekah Mercer, Yorktown HS Grad, Cuts Ties With Steve Bannon
Billionaire Rebekah Mercer, Yorktown HS Grad, Cuts Ties With Steve Bannon This story has been updated. Rebekah Mercer, a billionaire conservative donor, and Yorktown native is done with Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist. Mercer, a graduate of Yorktown High School, issued a statement Thursday saying she hasn't spoken to Bannon in months. Mercer was a major investor in Breitbart.com, the right-wing news site Bannon runs.  "I support President Trump and the platform upon which he was elected," Mercer said. "My family and I have not communicated with Steve Bannon in many months and have provided no financial support to his political ag…

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by Sam Barron