Trump's ex-strategist Bannon discussed with Epstein the overthrow of Pope Francis
Former adviser to US President Donald Trump and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon discussed with American financier Jeffrey Epstein the overthrow of Pope Francis in 2019. This was reported on February 14 by CNN.
"Bannon discussed opposition strategies with Epstein against Pope Francis, while Bannon stated that he hoped to 'overthrow' the pontiff," the article says.
According to the broadcaster, Trump's ex-adviser was extremely critical of the pope, whom he considered an opponent of his "sovereignist" vision, a kind of nationalist populism that swept Europe in 2018 and 2019. It is noted that Bannon had also previously criticized Francis, accusing him of supporting the "globalist elite," which contradicted his own political views.
In addition, it turned out that Bannon wrote to Epstein several years after the financier's conviction in 2008 for sexual crimes against children and shortly before his arrest for trafficking minors for sexual exploitation.
On February 13, Katie Ruemmler, the general counsel of Goldman Sachs Bank, decided to resign after the publication by the US Department of Justice of materials that indicate her ties to Epstein. The published documents revealed evidence of extensive correspondence between the lawyer and the financier between 2014 and 2019, long after he pleaded guilty to charges of inciting a minor to prostitution.
Epstein's files began to be published on December 20 last year, after Trump signed a bill to make them public on November 19 of the same year.
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