In addition to former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon, two Florida men are also charged with defrauding donors: BRIAN KOLFAGE, 38, of Miramar Beach and ANDREW BADOLATO, 56, of Sarasota. https://twitter.com/SDNYnews/status/1296438759198687232
Kat Cammack, who just won the GOP nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, previously touted support from Kolfage and We Build the Wall.

Cammack called Kolfage "an American patriot."
The Sarasota Herald Tribune has an extensive, well-researched story from 2018 on Badolato's dealings with Bannon in the Sarasota area. It includes this nugget

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2020/08/20/steve-bannon-andrew-badolato-and-sarasota-connection/5616202002/
I wonder if the feds now have those recordings, if they truly existed.
The indictment suggests one of the accused bought a boat in Jupiter named "Warfighter."

Here's Kolfage Instagram featuring the Warfighter (:20) on the water for a July 4 Trump-themed boat parade in Destin.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCRxjWLj6im/?igshid=91tryu76e16p
We Build the Wall's advisory board at one time included pitcher Curt Schilling, Betsy DeVos' brother Erik Prince and Kris Kobach, the former Sec of State of Kansas who led Trump's failed efforts to unearth voter fraud.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200402170247/https://webuildthewall.us/ourteam/
Florida congressional candidate and Republican Kat Cammack commented in a statement to me on past support from Brian Kolfage and We Build the Wall. She doesn't back away from it.
Kolfage gave $25,000 to Trump victory in October 2019.

The feds says in October 2019 is when Kolfage and Co. discovered that they were under investigation.
More Kolfage on Warfigher

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjs6gCjMjA/ 
Here's Brian Kolfage and his wife with Eric Trump at Mar-A-Lago. This was posted to his wife's instragram account on Feb. 24, 2019.
And at the White House around Christmastime. Kolfage said he spoke with Trump.
And with Don Jr.

I know the Trumps can say they take a lot of photos with people and can't remember them all. But how do does Don Jr explain the private plane pic with Kolfage? I don't imaging there was a line on the tarmac for this pic.
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