Columnist Mario Nicolais writes that over the past decade, Colorado has been rife with far-right political operatives cashing in on ineptitude and moral ambiguity.
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Castle Rock man charged in federal “We Build The Wall” case wants retrial in Colorado
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK — A Colorado businessman charged in a “We Build The Wall” fraud case that once included onetime presidential adviser Steve Bannon among defendants wants his October retrial moved from New York to Colorado to save money and spare him from what his lawyer says is bias from […]
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“We Build The Wall” trial against Colorado man ends in mistrial because of deadlocked jury
NEW YORK — The trial of a Colorado businessman on charges that he ripped off thousands of donors who contributed $25 million to a campaign to build a wall along the southern U.S. border ended Tuesday in a mistrial after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. The mistrial in the prosecution of Timothy Shea […]
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Jury says it’s deadlocked in “We Build The Wall” fraud trial against Castle Rock man
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK — A jury said it was deadlocked Thursday in its deliberations of charges against a Colorado businessman accused of defrauding thousands of investors in a wall along the southern U.S. border hours after 11 jurors turned against one juror, accusing him of “political bias” and saying he’d […]
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Federal trial begins for Castle Rock man accused of lying to donors to his “We Build The Wall” campaign
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK — The organizers of a “We Build The Wall” campaign to raise money for a wall along the U.S. southern border lied to donors by saying all their money would fund the wall when they were actually pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars, a prosecutor told a […]
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Trump pardons Steve Bannon, but not the Colorado man also charged in border wall scam
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family. But the list does not include Timothy […]