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 lambaste 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.
