File 019334
Email Chain: Steve Bannon's European Political Movement and George Soros Rivalry (File 019334)
Email correspondence from July 2018 between Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Bannon, and Benjamin Harnwell discussing Bannon's launch of The Movement political foundation in Brussels aimed at coordinating right-wing populist leaders across Europe.
Summary
This email chain documents discussions about Steve Bannon's plans to establish The Movement, a Brussels-based foundation intended to coordinate European right-wing populist leaders ahead of 2019 elections. The correspondence references Bannon's strategy to counter George Soros's influence through Open Society networks, details his relationships with European political figures including Viktor Orbán, Marine Le Pen, and Matteo Salvini, and includes cryptic exchanges between Epstein and Bannon using literary references. The document includes contact information for Benjamin Harnwell of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute and multiple confidentiality notices.
From:Sent:To:Subject:jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]7/23/2018 12:03:28 AMRe: Fw:Importance: HighEurope can be a wife not a mistressOn Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 2:02 AM jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:If you are going to play here , you'll have to spend time, europe by remote doesn't work . Lots and lots offace time 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 BannonAbandon Hope, All Ye Who EnterSent via BlackBerry by AT&Twrote:From: "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 4111=1.1111rote:Sent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: Benjamin HarnwellDate: 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 theracist violence in Charlottesville — is preparing to march on Brussels. Launching, he told the DailyBeast himself, a new non-profit foundation called The Movement, (II Movimento), right in the heartof Europe 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 supportof NGOs dealing with human rights. And for this he became the bogeyman of the populist right,HOUSE OVERSIGHT 019334accused of plots of all kinds: including that of wanting to replace Italians with immigrants in order tohave labour at low cost. A mantra repeated in the past on Twitter also by the current Minister of theInterior Matteo Salvini.The ambition of Steve Bannon, former director of the alt-right American site Breitbart — which inthe European 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 datastolen from Facebook to try to influence the presidential election from which Donald Trump emergedvictor. It is not a mystery that for a long time he courts nationalists of the right from East to West.And he has already met, among others, the Hungarian Orban, the French Marine Le Pen and theformer leader of the British separatists Nigel Farage. The latter reappeared, coincidentally, on Fridayin Pennsylvania, USA, to a fundraiser in favor of the Republican congressman Lou Barletta. Withoutforgetting the Italians of Lega and 5 stars. Of them, he said: "If it works in Italy, we can import themodel anywhere".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 InstituteCell: -_________________________Office:Istituto Dignitatis HumanaeHOUSE OVERSIGHT 01933544 Via delle FornaciRoma 00165ITALY@ben harnwellwww.dignitatishumanae.cornII giorno 22 lug 2018, alle ore 15:38, Steve Bannon <I> ha scritto:What does this say???Begin forwarded message:From: Maria Luisa <IMMIIIMIDate: July 22, 2018 at 9:11:58 AM EDTTo: Steve Bannon <<PHOTO-2018-07-22-10-02-17.jpg>Sent from my iPhone>, Preate Alexandra < 1>please 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 ofHOUSE OVERSIGHT 019336JEEUnauthorized 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 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 019337