Jury convicts Colorado man in second ‘We Construct the Wall’ trial By Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal jury in Manhattan on Friday convicted a Colorado man who was charged together with former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon with defrauding donors to an internet marketing campaign to construct a wall alongside the U.S.-Mexico border.

Timothy Shea, of Citadel Rock, Colorado, was convicted on two conspiracy counts and one rely of obstruction of justice after a one-week trial. An earlier trial led to June in a hung jury.

A lawyer for Shea didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Shea and Bannon had been charged in August 2020 over their alleged roles within the “We Construct the Wall” marketing campaign, which prosecutors mentioned raised greater than $25 million from a whole lot of 1000’s of donors to assist Trump construct his signature wall.

Two different defendants, the marketing campaign’s chief Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, pleaded responsible and have but to be sentenced.

“Months in the past, this workplace said our perception within the highly effective and compelling proof that confirmed Shea’s guilt,” U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams in Manhattan mentioned in an announcement. “Right this moment, a unanimous jury has convicted Shea on all counts.”

Trump pardoned Bannon within the closing hours of his presidency, however Bannon was criminally charged final month by Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg with state regulation violations arising from the wall marketing campaign.

Bannon has pleaded not responsible in that case. Presidential pardons don’t cowl state prosecutions.