Steve Bannon’s massive unpaid legal bills have him 'trapped in a precarious position'
Like Donald Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, "War Room" host Steve Bannon has major financial problems to go with his legal problems.
Bannon doesn't have as much legal exposure as the former president, who is facing four criminal indictments and a range of civil lawsuits. And unlike Giuliani, he hasn't filed for bankruptcy.
But according to the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery, Bannon finds himself "trapped in a precarious position" thanks to a combination of legal problems and unpaid legal bills.
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"For two years," Pagliery explains in an article published on March 7, "Steve Bannon has refused to pay the half-million dollars he owes his former lawyer. Now, his refusal to settle his debts has exposed him and his current attorney to potential sanctions…. It's been seven months since a New York state judge ordered the conspiracy-spewing right-wing political agitator to pay the $484,197 he owed the defense lawyer he stiffed, Bob Costello. But since then, according to court filings, Bannon has been dodging the ordered judgment and ignoring follow-up subpoenas."
Bannon, Pagliery notes, has been "trying to avoid serving his four-month prison sentence for ignoring a congressional subpoena that sought to question him over his role in the MAGA insurrection."
On top of that, the Daily Beast reporter adds, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is "putting him on trial in May for duping nativist donors to 'We Build The Wall' who wanted to support a privately built U.S.-Mexico border barrier."
The New York City law firm that has been trying to get Bannon to pay his legal bills is Davidoff Hutcher and Citron.
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"In its attempt to get a readout of Bannon's personal finances and his ability to pay the bill," Pagliery reports, "the law firm tried to question him under oath and sent subpoenas to learn more about his businesses and what's in his personal bank accounts. E-mails show that Bannon's new lawyer, Harlan Protass, initially agreed, in November, to schedule a deposition and turn over materials — provided that they first sign a 'simple and straightforward' confidentiality agreement. But as the months went by, nothing happened."
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