Crime

Judge sets date for Steve Bannon fraud trial

By Mike Brest
Published August 31, 2020 9:01pm ET
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Judge sets date for Steve Bannon fraud trial
In this Monday, May 27, 2019 photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with the Associated Press, in Paris. | (Thibault Camus/AP)

The criminal trial for former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and three co-defendants is set to start next spring.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres announced on Monday that the trial will begin on May 24, 2021, according to the Washington Post. The judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York also noted that the timing of the trial could be shifted given the state of coronavirus restrictions.

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