The Bannon Files

Secret meetings, the @epstein.com email, and "more than anyone on Trump's team"

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The Secret Meeting (October 2017)

Michael Wolff — then embedded in the Trump White House writing Fire and Fury — arranged a secret meeting between Bannon and Epstein: "For reasons I will explain, he wants a secret meet." Epstein offered to include the President of the UN.

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Wolff to Epstein arranging covert Bannon meeting; Epstein counter-offers UN President

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Seven Meetings in Fourteen Months

Calendar entries document at least 7 direct meetings: lunches, dinners, and multi-person gatherings. March 2018 was especially intense — 4 meetings in 11 days, including one with "Steve Bannon plus 3" and a dinner with Terje Roed-Larsen.

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Calendar alerts and staff correspondence documenting meetings Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

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EFTA02240659 CRITICAL Epstein's Saturday schedule: '1-2pm Reid Hoffman Skype' followed immediately by '2pm LUNCH w/Kathy Ruemmler, Miro and Steve Bannon.' Karyna handling logistics.

Sean Bannon — The @epstein.com Email

Steve Bannon's son Sean had a corporate email address: sean.bannon@epstein.com. Lesley Groff (Epstein's assistant) FedEx'd Apple Watches to Sean in Washington D.C. — documenting an organizational, not casual, relationship.

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Apple Watch FedEx shipments; @epstein.com email domain; Groff correspondence

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"More Than Anyone on Trump's Team"

Ten days after Trump's election, Richard Kahn wrote to Brock Pierce recommending Steve Bannon consult Epstein on international finance. Kahn compared Mnuchin unfavorably to Epstein and invoked Tom Barrack as a mutual reference. Three copies of this email exist in the archive.

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Three copies: Kahn to Pierce recommending Bannon consult Epstein; Mnuchin comparison; Barrack reference

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DEFCON — "The Most Dangerous Force"

Epstein described 20,000 hackers at DEFCON as "the most powerful — (read dangerous) — us group. much stronger than military." Bannon asked: "Do u know these guys?? Do u think I could get an invite to speak??" Originally cited on social media as Goldman Sachs evidence — it is not.

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Bannon-Epstein exchange about hacker conferences, cybersecurity threats, and Bannon seeking invite

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Benjamin Harnwell & "The Movement"

Bannon's European operative Benjamin Harnwell coordinated a right-wing populist alliance (Salvini, Orbán, Le Pen, Farage) through Epstein-adjacent channels. Epstein advised Bannon on European strategy: "Europe by remote doesn't work. Lots and lots of face time and hand holding."