Steve Bannon is seen after being found guilty on contempt of Congress outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Steve Bannon, a former advisor of former President Donald Trump, says that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York City.There are multiple reports that he plans to turn himself in on Thursday.The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S.
southern border in a crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall" that raised more than $25 million.Related: Who is Steve Bannon?That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment on Tuesday.Federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations."This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.""It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now," the former White House strategist said.