10 things you need to know today: September 7, 2022

Steve Bannon expected to surrender to face new state charges in New York, judge bars New Mexico county commissioner from office over Capitol insurrection, and more

Steve Bannon
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1. Bannon reportedly to surrender to face New York charges

Stephen Bannon, once a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, is expected to surrender to New York prosecutors on Thursday to face unspecified state criminal charges, weeks after his conviction for contempt of Congress, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. People familiar with the situation told the Post and other news organizations that the Manhattan district attorney's office is pursuing charges similar to a federal case cut short by Trump's pardon of Bannon. In that indictment, Bannon and several others were accused of defrauding donors to the private "We Build the Wall" fundraising effort, which collected $25 million for the construction of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon was accused of using $1 million of the money for personal expenses.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.