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,

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

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.