File 024300
Email Forwarding Article About Steve Bannon Bookstore Confrontation (File 024300)
Email from Richard Kahn to Jeffrey Epstein forwarding a news article about Steve Bannon being confronted by a customer at a Richmond, Virginia bookstore in July 2018.
Summary
Richard Kahn forwards a TheHill.com article to Jeffrey Epstein regarding an incident where former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was confronted by a woman at Black Swan Books in Richmond, Virginia on July 6, 2018. The bookstore owner called police after the woman verbally assaulted Bannon, though the call was canceled before officers arrived. The article notes this incident was part of a broader pattern of Trump administration officials being confronted by protesters in public spaces.
From: Richard Kahn_______________________________Sent: 7/8/2018 7:24:05 PMTo: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]Subject: Bookstore owner calls police after customer confronted Steve Bannon I TheHillImportance: Highhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-roominews/395982-bookstore-owner-called-the-police-after-a-women-called-steveBookstore owner calls police after customerconfronted Steve BannonBy Morgan Gstalteduly 07, 2018 - 10:38 PM EDTA Richmond, Va., bookstore owner said he called the police on Saturday after former WhiteHouse chief strategist Stephen Bannon was confronted in his store.Nick Cooke, owner of Black Swan Books, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that a womancalled Bannon a "piece of trash."The woman then left the store after Cooke said he called 911."Steve Bannon was simply standing, looking at books, minding his own business. I askedher to leave, and she wouldn't. And I said, 'I'm going to call the police if you don't,' and Iwent to call the police and she left," Cooke said. "And that's the end of the story."Bannon grew up in Richmond, the newspaper noted.The Richmond Police Department confirmed the call was made but the call was canceledbefore officers responded."We are a bookshop. Bookshops are all about ideas and tolerating different opinions and notabout verbally assaulting somebody, which is what was happening," Cooke said.Sponsored Content1-1124-Trump's Supreme Court shortlistBy The HillRead MoreHOUSE OVERSIGHT 024300Bannon joins a growing list of political figures associated with President Trump who havebeen confronted in public in recent weeks.Protesters in Kentucky followed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to hiscar while he was leaving a Louisville restaurant on Saturday, threatening to vote him out ofoffice.Others, including White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Department ofHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, also have been confronted by protesters fortheir association with the Trump administration and its policies.Richard KahnHBRK Associates Inc.575 Lexington Avenue, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10022HOUSE OVERSIGHT 024301