Factbox: Steve Bannon - Anti-globalist media entrepreneur stretched wings abroad before arrest


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon delivers remarks during the Value Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

(Reuters) - Steve Bannon shaped the right-wing U.S. political media environment that paved the way for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, which he helped lead to victory.

On Thursday, Bannon was arrested and charged with defrauding Trump supporters who donated to an effort to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here is a look at Bannon's career:

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