Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching MAGA influencer on political messaging

The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures.

Text messages released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday detail a six-day exchange between the men from 17 to 23 August, and show Epstein coaching Bannon on television appearances and political messaging.

One side of the conversation is sent from an iMessage account associated with an Epstein email address, and while the name of Epstein’s correspondent is redacted in the documents as released, contextual clues – including references to Fox News appearances, his August 2017 firing from the White House and his work on the documentary Trump @War – make it clear the other participant is Bannon.

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    If it comes out that the entire Trump presidential run was masterminded from the ground up to cover for all the rich people visiting Epstein’s island… I won’t even be surprised at this point. Not even a little bit.

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        It was no coincidence that pizza gate was started exactly when Trump’s pedophilia story was gaining traction because a woman accused Trump of raping her.

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      Now that you’ve said it, yeah. Me either. There doesn’t seem to be any floor to how despicable Republicans are. I have said before, and I still believe it, trump has probably watched someone be killed at his order. He’s a deeply evil son of a bitch.

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    The American Cartel owns America.

    And Americans think they can vote their way out of being pawns for a cartel.

    This is all way bigger and more real than most people, especially those manipulated by marketed news and politics, can even imagine. It’s like everyone is in denial.

    Sad to see America like that but sadder seeing the lack of spirit in the regular American people to live for honest humanity.