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MAGA World Throws Steve Bannon Under The Bus
Steve Bannon’s name is in the Epstein files, and many of his friends now seem to be former friends.
On Sunday and Monday, prominent right-wingers took to social media to lambast Bannon’s relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ― even though the friendship has been common knowledge for years.
Recently released documents from the Department of Justice show that Epstein and Bannon were working on a documentary that was intended, as Bannon wrote to Epstein, to “push back on the lies” and “rebuild” Epstein’s image as a “philanthropist,” according to the BBC.
Epstein’s 2019 death put the kibosh on the project, and the location of the reported 17 hours of interview footage remains a mystery, according to Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff.
Although some of Bannon’s fans have expressed shock at his connections to Epstein, the big names in conservative media didn’t make a big deal ― until recently.
Now, major conservatives are coming forward to criticise Bannon for being in bed with Epstein, and they’re not holding back.
Infamous Republican political dirty trickster Roger Stone slammed Bannon in two posts.
The first post, on Sunday, praised Elon Musk for being right about Bannon, but didn’t offer specifics. Musk previously said in a July 4 social media battle that “fat drunken slob” Bannon should be in prison.
Then, in Monday’s post, Stone attacked “Stinky Steve” for being “very far up Epstein’s ass” and “advising him on how to lie his way out of his criminal pedophile past.”
Stone wasn’t alone in his attacks, which came at a time when US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced plans to help Bannon erase evidence of his conviction for defying a subpoena from the January 6 Committee.
Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative filmmaker behind the widely debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules,” mocked the hypocrisy of Bannon sucking up to elites while claiming to promote populism.
Musk joined in on the beatdown Monday morning by sharing a post noting the deep connection between Bannon, Trump’s former White House advisor, and Epstein, Trump’s former close friend and neighbour.
He captioned the post, “Bannon is evil.”
Fox News’ Mark Levin thought it was “funny” that Bannon’s “fellow antisemites and isolationists have not demanded that HE come clean about his well-established, video-taped relationship with Epstein.”
Right-wing talk show host Erick Erickson said Bannon’s close ties with Epstein and the Chinese Communist Party should make people “raise more than a single eyebrow when conservative influencers go on Bannon’s program.”