File 019312
Email Chain: Steve Bannon and The Movement Political Organization (File 019312)
Email correspondence from July 2018 between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein regarding Bannon's establishment of The Movement, a right-wing populist political organization in Europe.
Summary
This email chain from July 22-23, 2018 documents communications between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein regarding Bannon's plans to launch The Movement, a non-profit foundation designed to coordinate right-wing populist leaders across Europe for the 2019 European elections. The document includes a Daily Beast article excerpt describing Bannon's ambitions to create a populist alliance rivaling George Soros's influence, with detailed coverage of his connections to figures like Viktor Orbán, Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini, and Nigel Farage. Benjamin Harnwell of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute forwarded the article to Bannon, and the email thread includes brief exchanges with references to Hope Hicks and cryptic responses regarding European political strategy.
From: Steve BannorSent: 7/23/2018 12:19:09 AMTo: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]Subject: Re: Fw:Importance: HighYesSent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:02:16 +0200To: W>Subject: Re: Fw:If you are going to play here , you'll have to spend time, europe by remote doesn't work . Lots and lots of facetime and hand holdingOn Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:58 AM jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:Hicks?On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:57 AM Steve Bannon > wrote:Abandon Hope, All Ye Who EnterSent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:51:58 +0200To: <Subject: Re: Fw:9th circleOn Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:26 AM Steve Bannon < wrote:Sent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: Benjamin Harnwell <Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:01:54 +0200To: Steve Bannon<Subj ect: Re:Bannon the European: He's opening the populist fort in BrusselsThe former Trump strategist arrives in Europe with "The Movement". Objective: an alliance betweenright-wing leaders, from Salvini to Orban in view of the 2019 electionsNEW YORK. The invasion of Europe has begun. Steve Bannon, 65, the American far-right guru whowas Donald Trump's right-hand man in the White House — but let go last summer following the racistviolence in Charlottesville — is preparing to march on Brussels. Launching, he told the Daily Beasthimself, a new non-profit foundation called The Movement, (II Movimento), right in the heart ofHOUSE OVERSIGHT 019312Europe and its institutions. Through which he hopes to coordinate the populist right in view of theEuropean elections which will be held in spring 2019.Objective: to compete with George Soros, the American billionaire of Hungarian origin, benefactor ofthe Democratic party, who since 1984 with his Open Society has spent at least $32 billion in support ofNGOs dealing with human rights. And for this he became the bogeyman of the populist right, accusedof plots of all kinds: including that of wanting to replace Italians with immigrants in order to havelabour at low cost. A mantra repeated in the past on Twitter also by the current Minister of the InteriorMatteo Salvini.The ambition of Steve Bannon, former director of the alt-right American site Breitbart — which in theEuropean campaign preceded him since the platform had already opened bureaux in London andRome — is therefore to become the coordinator of the one great "populist international" of which hehas long since been dreaming.The Movement, in fact, intends to function as an extreme right-wing think tank: a source of strategicadvice to channel the not-so-politically structured discontent of the most extreme Europeanmovements. Analysing data and giving strategic advice. But also by raising funds and channelingfunding.The aim is to create a populist alliance, a sort of "super group" that if victorious can conquer up to athird of the European Parliament in the elections next May.Indeed — putting the common policy of the Old Continent in the hands of Bannon and his own. TheAmerican strategist is very attached to the Freedom Caucus — the extreme right of the US Congress— and in 2014 he was at the top of the Cambridge Analytica company, which in 2016 used data stolenfrom Facebook to try to influence the presidential election from which Donald Trump emerged victor.It is not a mystery that for a long time he courts nationalists of the right from East to West. And he hasalready met, among others, the Hungarian Orban, the French Marine Le Pen and the former leader ofthe British separatists Nigel Farage. The latter reappeared, coincidentally, on Friday in Pennsylvania,USA, to a fundraiser in favor of the Republican congressman Lou Barletta. Without forgetting theItalians of Lega and 5 stars. Of them, he said: "If it works in Italy, we can import the modelanywhere".The Movement, which for now will count on a staff of 10 people, will be fully operational in 2019. Inshort, after the American midterm elections, where Bannon is fighting to influence the primariessupporting candidates potentially able to undermine the prospects of Republican establishment. But inthe future the former spin doctor says he wants to spend more and more time in Europe. Also becausethe relationships with Trump have worsened after the revelations he made to Michael Wolff andpublished in the scandal book "Fire and Fury". "Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Paradise,"Bannon says now paraphrasing the Satan of one of his favorite books, John Milton's Lost Paradise.Hell in this case would be the dear old Europe and its democratic values. The "army of darkness" isalready among us.In Sacratissimo Corde Iesu et Purissimo Corde Mariae et Castissimo Corde Ioseph.*******Benjamin HarnwellFounder and President of the Board of TrusteesDignitatis Humanae InstituteHOUSE OVERSIGHT 019313Cell:Officl-Istituto Dignitatis Humanae44 Via delle FornaciRoma 00165ITALY@ben harnwell_www.dignitatishumanae.cornII giorno 22 lug 2018, alle ore 15:38, Steve Bannon <I> ha scritto:What does this say???Begin forwarded message:From: Maria LuisaWDate: July 22, 2018 at 9:11:58 AM EDTTo: Steve Bannon <11111>, Preate Alexandra <41.1<PHOTO-2018-07-22-10-02-17.jpg>Sent from my iPhoneplease noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 019314please noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedplease noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 019315