Steve Bannon's trial on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border will start a week later than scheduled after the conservative rabble-rouser hired new lawyers to pursue an aggressive defense strategy.

Steve Bannon wants more aggressive lawyers to represent him in his trial on charges he defrauded donors to "We Build the Wall," he argued in a court hearing Wednesday.

The adviser to President Trump faces charges that he fleeced donors who thought they were helping to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.