Bannon's Benefactor, Miles Guo, has been ARRESTED

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Link to tweet

US Attorney SDNY @SDNYnews

Ho wan kwok, a/k/a “miles guo,” arrested for orchestrating over $1 billion dollar fraud conspiracy

Over $630 Million of Alleged Fraud Proceeds Seized by U.S. Government

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ho-wan-kwok-aka-miles-guo-arrested-orchestrating-over-1-billion-dollar-fraud-conspiracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Wengui

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This will be fun to watch

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Why is Bannon still out after conviction and sentencing?

[Ray Bruns]

3. He had the proper skin tone

[whathehell]

27. Nah, more like the right bank account.

Lots of the fairer persuasion behind bars.

[Harker]

13. He's both appealing and unappealing simultaneously.

He's clearly a fright risk.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. "fright risk" is right!

[Native]

28. +1

[maxsolomon]

15. Appealing his sentence

with maximum delay tactics.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. He did say he will die before going to prison, or something close to that. I'm good with that. n/t

[maxsolomon]

26. He's only 69.

Given that he's not dead yet despite his abuse of his liver, he will probably last another 5, 6 years. He'll see prison, albeit a token sentence.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. He seemed to be saying you won't take me.

[maxsolomon]

30. He says a lot of shit. He floods the zone with it.

His appeal will eventually be denied. He'll go to Club Fed and be released early, probably after 2 months. Then he'll brag about it.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. sounds right. No laws curtailing sedition where he makes his grifter money. n/t

[2naSalit]

20. I wonder if...

Steve ratted out his pal.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Hmmm. Even for only four months, he definitely does not to go to prison; sez he won't. nt

[Bev54]

4. It is starting to feel like 2023 just might be the year of reckoning.

[NCjack]

5. Be good if Ban-Ban is tied into this arrest. Just to keep him occupied.

[fightforfreedom]

6. Let me say this about Bannon.

Tick, Tick, Tick.

[angrychair]

7. All their harping

About China, it sure seems like a lot trump's inner circle and hanger ons have Chinese entanglements of one kind or another

[SheltieLover]

9. Projection.

[KPN]

14. But this guy is "wanted" in China for almost the very same crimes he is charged with here, which

is why he is in the US in the first place. He got out of China just ahead of being arrested. Take a look at the Wikipedia link in the OP. So while tfg and his inner circle have ties with China, they may be less more with China's "grifters" than government?

[allegorical oracle]

19. Surprised at arrest. Thought he mostly stayed out in international waters in his yacht. nt

[SpamWyzer]

16. That was my first

thought as regards Bannon, et al. As another DU post stated, "Projection", seems to be a thing with GQPers.

[SheltieLover]

17. Lie, cheat, steal, project, rinse, repeat.

It's all they've got.

No proposals to address societal issues.

[brewens]

32. We never hear "Communist China" for decades. All the while the sleaziest operators were

selling us out to them. How is there a Communist billionaire anyway?

[reACTIONary]

34. Communism in China is

"communism with Chinese characteristics".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics

[fightforfreedom]

8. If I remember correctly the FBI arrested Bannon on his yacht for his fake build the wall scheme.

Trump pardoned him, but now NY prosecutors have indicted him for the same crime. Bye, Bye, Bannon.

[WinstonSmith4740]

10. Isn't he also "the laptop" guy?

I read an article a couple of months ago regarding the "partnership" between (I think) him, Steve Bannon, and "the laptop".

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Is it me, or does Bannon look

Uncomfortable with Guo touching him?

I think Bannon's bigotry and racism is showing?

But maybe I'm just reading too much into one picture.

[screamcheese]

18. Absolutely!

I thought the same thing. Very "cringey" look on his face.

[Captain Zero]

22. Bannon looking like a sub there

And maybe subbing to more than he bargained for?

Maybe a little relief in his face?

[EndlessWire]

37. I think the picture is very interesting

as to body language. Don't misunderstand, but it looks so gay. Especially that left hand on Guo's own thigh/knee. His arm around Bannon's shoulder says, "this is mine," whether it was intended or not. Plus, Bannon seems softer. Maybe Bannon hasn't been hugged in awhile?

It's an odd picture. I thought I was probably the only one with this impression, yet I see that I am not. This is meme material.

This is not to say that guys in all walks should refrain from friendly hugs, but it's bizarre for Bannon. World would be better off if everybody got what they needed.

Bannon almost looks shy, doesn't he? And yet, lurking in that heart is hatred...

[ancianita]

12. Every single day this DOJ is saving Americans' money from fascist crooks.

The millions keep adding up to billions to hundreds of billions to trillions.

[UTUSN]

21. kr

[Cha]

33. Fascist Nazi Fucks.

[ancianita]

35. The DOJ's announcement:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ho-wan-kwok-aka-miles-guo-arrested-orchestrating-over-1-billion-dollar-fraud-conspiracy

[Redleg]

36. Wasn't this guy involved in the Hunter Biden laptop crap?

I recall reading that Guo and Bannon had something to do with either the dissemination of files from the laptop or the placement of files on the laptop.

[Hortensis]

38. As you recall. Bannon with Giuliani provided material -- both

apparently and purportedly from the laptop while Hunter used it, including "salacious videos and pictures," for Guo and his associates to spread.

Dozens of ex- U.S. intelligence officials signed a letter to the investigating committee saying the "Hunter's laptop scandal" had all the hallmarks of a Russian information warfare operation.

[Redleg]

39. That's it!

Thanks for the refresher