Mr. Bannon, a MAGA podcaster, developed a seemingly chummy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking. He said it was in the name of getting Mr. Epstein to open up.

Midafternoon in late June 2019, Stephen K. Bannon sent Jeffrey Epstein an excited series of texts. “Dude!!!” he wrote. “Is this real Tell me this is real.”

Mr. Epstein had just texted him a headline from The Miami Herald. It reported that victims of Mr. Epstein’s sexual abuse had lost a court battle to nullify a decade-old agreement that protected him from prosecution for those crimes.

Off and on for months, Mr. Bannon, a leader in the MAGA movement and a former top aide to President Trump, had been advising Mr. Epstein on how to handle resurrected allegations that he was a serial pedophile. Mr. Bannon recommended which lawyers to hire — his own — when to lie low and when he should jump on an opening to push his narrative. He scheduled what the two men called “media training.”

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    Gee, I wonder why this guy who is one of the worst people in existence and consistently surrounds himself with the other worst people in existence didn’t stop hanging out with the child rapist who offered child rape to all of his friends.

    There are only two possibilities. He either likes child rape or he likes child rapists.

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      There are only two possibilities. He either likes child rape or he likes child rapists.

      C) All of the above

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    I think Bannon was hanging around Epstein to monitor whether Epstein was going to endanger Trump.

    As soon as Epstein started musing about how he was a risk to Trump he was arrested.

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    I mean, Epstein was busy doing what he was doing and while that was truly horrible for the victims involved - meanwhile, what Bannon has in store for all of America (and the West, for that matter) is on another scale entirely.

    Bannon has truly monstrous plans. No wonder he stuck by Epstein.

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    I for one am SHOCKED to learn Steve Bannon would do something ethically questionable.

    SHOCKED, I tell you.

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    Steve Cannon Bannon is toxic, so why is anyone surprised?

    *A pox on autocorrect

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    It looks a lot like Bannon was trying to make a buck off Epstein by providing reputation-laundering services.

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    Why is nobody talking about Bill Clinton? His name is like the same number of times as Trump’s and many times more than other people.

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      Literally everyone with more than half a brain cell has been saying prosecute everyone who has partied with Epstein. Yes, that includes Clinton. Prosecute him. If he is found guilty, lock him up. It’s very simple.

      There’s no need to shoehorn in whataboutisms when none exist here.

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      Nobody is in there more than Trump by a monumental margin.

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        Yeah sure… took me less than a minute…

        I mean 1000 more 1000 less anyway all of them are chid fckers.

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      The Clinton’s have publically agreed to testify. People are talking about it.