Why would Mr. Bannon, a multimillionaire, take such risks to obtain what investigators suggest is a few hundred thousand dollars? Although in recent years he occasionally found himself testing the limits of campaign-finance laws through apparent missteps, he is just as notable for having evaded the grasp of prosecutors like Robert Mueller.
In my review of the paper trail left behind the 2016 Trump campaign, Mr. Bannon often appears to have shrewd legal instincts, identifying risks posed by the likes of former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
After leaving the White House in August 2017, Mr. Bannon launched a score of political initiatives, the common thread being the reinstitution of borders throughout the world.
Outlets like the New York Post, the Hill and Spectator USA recently featured calls for Mr. Trump to bring Mr. Bannon back for the 2020 campaign.
On Monday the Senate Intelligence Committee declassified documents from the previous year revealing its bipartisan recommendation that the Justice Department investigate Mr. Bannon for misleading the committee.
On Wednesday The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was probing Mr. Bannon's fundraising collaboration with Mr. Guo.
Mr. Teitelbaum is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and author of "War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers."
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