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A federal judge declared a mistrial in the case against Mr. Shea in June after jurors reported an impasse, saying one juror had spoken in deliberations of a “government witch hunt” and refused to consider the evidence. Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said he planned to retry the case.

We Build the Wall was popularized in Instagram and Twitter posts boasting of ties to Mr. Trump. It was also promoted by Donald Trump Jr. and assembled an advisory board of right-wing luminaries. They included David Clarke, the former sheriff of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin; Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state; and Erik Prince, the founder of the private military company Blackwater, now known as Academi.

Few ideas were as galvanizing to Mr. Trump’s supporters as creating a physical barrier at the border. Chants of “build that wall” rang out during rallies. Many supporters saw the structure as the embodiment of Mr. Trump’s “America First” policies.

We Build the Wall was created to spur on the administration, which ultimately built about 450 miles of a wall along the border.

Mr. Kolfage had launched a GoFundMe campaign to further the effort. Prosecutors said that he raised about $17 million in a week with Mr. Shea’s help. But GoFundMe suspended the campaign, saying it would return the donated money unless Mr. Kolfage found a nonprofit group to administer it, prosecutors said.

Soon Mr. Bannon and Mr. Badolato, who were working on a nonprofit meant to promote economic nationalism and American sovereignty, joined the campaign.