Steve Bannon's criminal trial will be postponed until next year after prosecutors introduced additional evidence in his fraud case. The former White House chief strategist, who served a four-month prison sentence this year for contempt of Congress,

Conservative strategist Steve Bannon won't face trial until February on state charges of conspiring to dupe donors to build a border wall, a judge said Monday as prosecutors asked for the jury to be anonymous.

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

A New York judge on Monday postponed ex-Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon's state trial on fraud charges until late February. Why it matters: Bannon, who was recently released from prison, is facing charges for allegedly duping donors who gave money to his "We Build the Wall" campaign during President-elect Trump's first term in the White House.