Bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and money laundering in the case, which was brought by Manhattan prosecutors. The state-level charges followed a federal case on similar allegations that was cut short after Trump issued Bannon a pardon while the proceedings were still in its early stages.

Manhattan prosecutors brought the case against Bannon after Donald Trump pardoned him in a similar federal prosecution that was in its early stages.

The Trump ally and former White House advisor was scheduled to stand trial on money laundering charges in December.

A judge Tuesday set Feb. 25 as the start of Bannon's trial on charges related to alleged money laundering, conspiracy and a scheme to defraud. The case stems from Bannon's alleged role in an organization that raised millions on the promise — during Trump's first term in office — that they would privately build a wall along the U.

Trump's former adviser had wanted his trial on conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges moved into the new year.

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s state trial on fraud charges related to an effort to crowdsource funding for a border wall has been postponed until Feb. 25, a New York judge announced on Monday.

Bannon, 70, had been set to stand trial beginning Dec. 9, but state Supreme Court Judge April Newbauer moved the date to Feb. 25 in a hearing Monday morning. The case against Bannon began in late 2020,