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How Bannon's alleged 'Epstein tapes' could be made public
How Bannon's alleged 'Epstein tapes' could be made public

Daily Mail​

timea day ago

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How Bannon's alleged 'Epstein tapes' could be made public

As journalists and internet sleuths pour over details of the life of disgraced financier and convicted sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein , more details are emerging over the mysterious tapes of an series of interviews with former President Donald Trump 's campaign chief and White House advisor Steve Bannon . The details of the video interview were revealed by author Michael Wolff in 2021, who said that Bannon emerged as a kind of media coach for Epstein and captured interview footage he claimed was 'training' for the disgraced luminary who was looking for a comeback. Bannon reportedly recorded more than 15 hours of video, Wolff revealed, even as he disputed that he was acting as a media coach for Epstein and instead working on a documentary. Wolff said he obtained transcripts of the Bannon interviews of Epstein for his book, 'Too Famous: The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Notorious, the Damned.' Now Wolff is sharing further details of the transcripts and the tapes, which he says were recorded in Epstein's massive Manhattan townhouse. 'There's no question the tapes were media training,' he told The Hollywood Reporter. 'And there's no possible way Epstein would have signed off on them being used in a documentary.' The tapes could someday be released as part of an Epstein documentary that Bannon says he is working on. In March, Bannon told comedian Jimmy Dore on his show that he was working on a 'multi-part' documentary series for Netflix or some other video platform. 'The working title is 'The Monster,'' Bannon said, teasing that it would be 'pretty shocking about how this guy came from nowhere to the absolute highest level of the global elite.' 'It's a project I'm working on with my filmmaking team,' he said. Bannon said the enterprise was work in progress and that it would focus on the Epstein's mysterious case. 'I don't think there was any doubt he was taken out, I think he was murdered or executed however you want to say, I have no belief that he killed himself,' Bannon said. Wolff said that Bannon and Epstein frequently spoke and exchanged emails and spent time together in New York City at his apartment. For years now, the internet has buzzed about the existence of the Epstein tapes in Bannon's possession and what it could reveal about his motivations prior to his July 2019 arrest and subsequent prosecution. Political strategist Roger Stone has repeatedly called for Bannon to release the tapes. 'Steve has evidently done a documentary about him. I'd like to see that documentary,' Stone said in an interview with Benny Johnson of The Benny Show. 'Steve should release that audio and video immediately.' If Congress gets involved, they could potentially release a subpoena to force Bannon to release the tapes. Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also encouraged Bannon to release the footage. 'I'd be very interested in seeing that footage and I think the American people would be too,' she said at a Turning Point USA summit of conservative activists in July. Wolff speculated that Bannon might not have the rights to the footage, which is why it had not been released. Bannon did not respond to a Daily Mail request for comment, but continues pressing the truth about the Epstein files, blaming Attorney General Pam Bondi for messing up the administration's handling of the case. Bannon has also warned that the Republican party would pay dearly politically if they did not release the truth about Epstein. 'For this to go away, you're going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement right now, we're going to lose 40 seats in (the midterms), we're going to lose the presidency,' he told activists gathered at the Turning Point USA summit. The future of Bannon's documentary remains unclear as the level of interest surrounding Epstein has reached fever-pitch after the Justice Department released a memo stating there was no record of a 'client list' in the Epstein files and no evidence of foul play in Epstein's death. In 2021, Bannon teased a section of the interview where Epstein says he is a supporter of the Time's Up movement, where women campaigned against sexual harassment. 'I made my living from old thinking. But the future is for the way women think,' he told Bannon.

How Trump ally Steve Bannon's 15 hours of 'secret Epstein tapes' could be made public
How Trump ally Steve Bannon's 15 hours of 'secret Epstein tapes' could be made public

Daily Mail​

timea day ago

  • Entertainment
  • Daily Mail​

How Trump ally Steve Bannon's 15 hours of 'secret Epstein tapes' could be made public

As journalists and internet sleuths pour over details of the life of disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, more details are emerging over the mysterious tapes of an series of interviews with former President Donald Trump 's campaign chief and White House advisor Steve Bannon. The details of the video interview were revealed by author Michael Wolff in 2021, who said that Bannon emerged as a kind of media coach for Epstein and captured interview footage he claimed was 'training' for the disgraced luminary who was looking for a comeback. Bannon reportedly recorded more than 15 hours of video, Wolff revealed, even as he disputed that he was acting as a media coach for Epstein and instead working on a documentary. Wolff said he obtained transcripts of the Bannon interviews of Epstein for his book, 'Too Famous: The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Notorious, the Damned.' Now Wolff is sharing further details of the transcripts and the tapes, which he says were recorded in Epstein's massive Manhattan townhouse. 'There's no question the tapes were media training,' he told The Hollywood Reporter. 'And there's no possible way Epstein would have signed off on them being used in a documentary.' The tapes could someday be released as part of an Epstein documentary that Bannon says he is working on. In March, Bannon told comedian Jimmy Dore on his show that he was working on a 'multi-part' documentary series for Netflix or some other video platform. 'The working title is 'The Monster,'' Bannon said, teasing that it would be 'pretty shocking about how this guy came from nowhere to the absolute highest level of the global elite.' 'It's a project I'm working on with my filmmaking team,' he said. Bannon said the enterprise was work in progress and that it would focus on the Epstein's mysterious case. 'I don't think there was any doubt he was taken out, I think he was murdered or executed however you want to say, I have no belief that he killed himself,' Bannon said. Wolff said that Bannon and Epstein frequently spoke and exchanged emails and spent time together in New York City at his apartment. For years now, the internet has buzzed about the existence of the Epstein tapes in Bannon's possession and what it could reveal about his motivations prior to his July 2019 arrest and subsequent prosecution. Political strategist Roger Stone has repeatedly called for Bannon to release the tapes. 'Steve has evidently done a documentary about him. I'd like to see that documentary,' Stone said in an interview with Benny Johnson of The Benny Show. 'Steve should release that audio and video immediately.' If Congress gets involved, they could potentially release a subpoena to force Bannon to release the tapes. Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also encouraged Bannon to release the footage. 'I'd be very interested in seeing that footage and I think the American people would be too,' she said at a Turning Point USA summit of conservative activists in July. Wolff speculated that Bannon might not have the rights to the footage, which is why it had not been released. Bannon did not respond to a Daily Mail request for comment, but continues pressing the truth about the Epstein files, blaming Attorney General Pam Bondi for messing up the administration's handling of the case. Bannon has also warned that the Republican party would pay dearly politically if they did not release the truth about Epstein. 'For this to go away, you're going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement right now, we're going to lose 40 seats in (the midterms), we're going to lose the presidency,' he told activists gathered at the Turning Point USA summit. The future of Bannon's documentary remains unclear as the level of interest surrounding Epstein has reached fever-pitch after the Justice Department released a memo stating there was no record of a 'client list' in the Epstein files and no evidence of foul play in Epstein's death. In 2021, Bannon teased a section of the interview where Epstein says he is a supporter of the Time's Up movement, where women campaigned against sexual harassment.

Rep. Robert Garcia said lawmakers planned to subpoena people who had relationships with the disgraced financier.
Rep. Robert Garcia said lawmakers planned to subpoena people who had relationships with the disgraced financier.

Yahoo

time2 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Rep. Robert Garcia said lawmakers planned to subpoena people who had relationships with the disgraced financier.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee said he and his fellow lawmakers are 'absolutely' going to subpoena people with connections to Jeffrey Epstein, potentially including Steve Bannon. The former Trump White House strategist has about 15 hours of unreleased video footage of Epstein that was shot in 2019, before the disgraced financier was arrested on sex-trafficking charges, according to Epstein's brother Mark. The two were working together on a documentary to rehabilitate Jeffrey Epstein's reputation, his brother said. Bannon has since released a two-minute trailer for The Monsters: Epstein's Life Among the Global Elite, which he now says will be released as a five-part series early next year. Solve the daily Crossword

The Democrats are heading for a mid-terms triumph. It's the last thing they need
The Democrats are heading for a mid-terms triumph. It's the last thing they need

Telegraph

time4 days ago

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  • Telegraph

The Democrats are heading for a mid-terms triumph. It's the last thing they need

The first rule of understanding Donald Trump is to never write him off. It's no exaggeration to say he's the most remarkable comeback kid of my lifetime: every time his political fate seems to be sealed, he always pulls back from disaster in the 11th hour. I say this to add some context to what looks to be a genuinely dangerous situation for the Republican Party and the Maga project more generally. The Trump-Epstein scandal, now rolling on to week three, has proven itself seriously sticky for the administration. Figures across the Right-wing spectrum – from Karl Rove to Steve Bannon – are now warning that the Republicans will be under major electoral pressure come the 2026 mid-terms. Trump has embarked on one of the most ambitious – and contentious – policy platforms in living memory. With a razor thin GOP majority already, if enough disappointed Republicans decide to stay at home, it could be sufficient to give the Democrats a significant victory, even without major switching between the parties. There's nuance here. Midterm elections are often bad for the incumbent, and rarely serve as a useful predictor for the future. Bill Clinton looked hopeless in 1994 after the 'Republican revolution' – but does anyone now remember Bob Dole? Barack Obama faced a notorious 'shellacking' in 2010, which led cocky Republicans to assume the 2012 presidential election was a shoe-in. Obama then cruised to victory. The dissipation of the promised 2022 'red wave' seemed to guarantee Ron DeSantis' candidacy and resign Trump to the trash can of history. No need to tell you what happened next. The point is that it can be hard to extract any obvious lessons from a mid-term performance. But that doesn't stop politicians from trying. Indeed, you could argue that a bruising loss and subsequent change of direction could actually help the incumbents, in the right circumstances. Or that a victory largely driven by mistakes by your opponent could stop the winner from really coming to terms with their own fundamental unpopularity. Let's think back to 2022 again. We now know that a relatively tepid Republican showing helped President Biden to overrule voices in the party who thought he was too old to lead another bruising campaign. The Republican Party, fearing its stance on abortion was hurting its chances with suburban white women, dialled down the culture wars. The losers adapted, while the winners stayed the course. Two years later, the Democrats were left wondering where it all seemed to go so wrong. Of course, losing the mid-terms could be very bad news for President Trump, too, not least given his experience of the last time he was in the White House and the Democrats controlled the House. But the Democrats are themselves in an extremely vulnerable state. There's no sign that they've had their fill of self-flagellation and buck-passing over the koo-koo-Kamala disaster last year. Every day seems to bring a new memoir purporting to tell the *real* story of the cover-up of Joe Biden's cognitive decline. The DNC, a once-formidable muckraking machine that whipped ambitious politicos into shape, is now scoffed at as 'weak' 'whiny' and 'invisible' by its own members. Enter, stage Left: the new Squad. Zohran Mamdani, of course, has secured the Democrat nomination for the New York mayoral race in a humiliating blow for Andrew Cuomo and his moderate allies. But Omar Fateh has just pipped two-term incumbent Jacob Frey for a Dem endorsement, too, and now looks set to become mayor of Minneapolis. Both candidates have endorsed explicitly socialist positions, from state-owned grocery stores and a $30 minimum wage in Mamdani's case to replacing police officers with 'peace officers' and a 'compassionate approach' to sprawling homeless encampments in Fateh's. The Left isn't just mobilising primary voters. It's bringing in cash – boatloads of it. AOC has already raised $15 million for her campaign committee, nearly double what the House's most powerful member, Speaker Mike Johnson, has brought in. Progressives aren't just getting big union payouts, either, but small donations, suggesting the more ideologically Left-wing faction of the party feels it worthwhile to push for a more radical policy platform. So the party is already in danger of learning the wrong lessons from 2024 – and this could be compounded by a mid-terms triumph. Resisting another Left-wing coup attempt could be almost impossible. There's no Democratic establishment any more. They're all too old, too unpopular, too tarnished. Political journalists are warning us that a Barry Goldwater correction is on the horizon. I think they're wrong: if there's any ghost threatening to haunt 2028, it's George McGovern.

MAGA Senator Hit With Brutal Fact-Check Over Wild Epstein Claims
MAGA Senator Hit With Brutal Fact-Check Over Wild Epstein Claims

Yahoo

time4 days ago

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  • Yahoo

MAGA Senator Hit With Brutal Fact-Check Over Wild Epstein Claims

Republican lawmakers are doing everything they can to squash the Trump administration's Epstein scandal—even if their theories don't make sense. Speaking with CNN's The Source Thursday night, Senator Bernie Moreno claimed that 'the media and Democrats' were fueling the boiling pressure campaign to unveil the Epstein files. 'No matter how much is disclosed at this point, there's going to be a small segment of the population fueled primarily by the media and the Democrats that are never going to be satisfied with what's out there,' Moreno said. But a few outliers immediately came to mind for host Kaitlin Collins. 'Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer are not fueled by the media and Democrats,' Collins said. 'They would probably take offense to that.' Bannon has called for full public transparency on what Trump has derided as a Democrat-invented 'hoax.' (Bannon was reportedly paid to media train the deceased pedophile.) Loomer, meanwhile, effectively predicted the right's new-fangled spin on the scandal last week, which has so far involved cozying up to the pedophile's longtime girlfriend and imprisoned criminal associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, in a supposed 'pardon campaign.' 'I said a small population of Republicans,' Moreno said, laughing. 'Yeah, but that's the president's base,' Collins threw back. The Ohio Republican further insisted that Trump has 'never been more popular'—though recent polling indicates he's wrong on that point, too. A Quinnipiac poll published last week found that 63 percent of voters disapprove of the way that the Trump administration has handled the Epstein case, which has so far included the Justice Department backtracking on the existence of certain documents. There is mounting evidence that Trump and Epstein had a remarkably close relationship. The New York Times reported Thursday that Trump was named as a contributor on a birthday book for Epstein organized by Maxwell. The Times's story backed up the bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal last week, which unveiled a salacious letter that Trump had penned to his 'pal,' making reference to 'a wonderful secret.' The president has vehemently denied that he was ever close with Epstein.

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