Emails Reveal Steve Bannon's Efforts to Rehabilitate Jeffrey Epstein's Image

Newly released emails from the Epstein estate reveal that Steve Bannon, an ally of Donald Trump, engaged in secret strategy sessions with Jeffrey Epstein in 2018 and 2019. The communications show Bannon attempting to help Epstein counter negative media portrayals, with Epstein expressing concern that media depicted him "as beyond redemption."

Bannon replied, “Yes yes yes of course — but we must counter ‘rapist who traffics in female children to be raped by worlds most powerful , richest men’ — that can’t be redeemed — that why we let them blow up the argument while showing the 12 you redeemed.” Bannon also created a documentary about Epstein. The emails also suggest efforts to strategize with journalist Michael Wolff regarding his book. Bannon has not been accused of wrongdoing in the Epstein scandal.