One of the emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recently released by the House Oversight Committee reportedly shows correspondence with Steve Bannon, one of President Donald Trump’s longtime advisors, about getting Trump’s embattled second Supreme Court nominee through a major controversy.
On Wednesday, journalist Sean Morrow of More Perfect Union posted a September 2018 email exchange between Epstein and Bannon. In the exchange, the two discuss a potential line of attack on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her at a high school party.
According to the emails, Epstein suggested that Kavanaugh’s attorneys press Ford about medications she may have been using, which can sometimes cause memory loss. Epstein wrote from a personal Gmail account, “I delayed my trip a day. So I’m still around.” Bannon responded, “Tell [Kavanaugh attorney Bill Burck] they should make sure they ask Ford about her medications, what type and for how long. My guess is that [Ford lawyer Debra Katz] won’t let her answer.”
Epstein then sent Bannon a link to a 2015 Pharmacy Times article entitled “8 Medications That May Cause Memory Loss.” Bannon replied, “Is this a hint,” to which Epstein responded, “Duh.”
The convicted child predator followed up with another email containing a link to a 2017 University of São Paulo study titled “False Memories in Social Anxiety Disorder.” Bannon later wrote back, “She couldn’t recall if the lie detector was given the same day as her mother’s funeral or the next day? MEDS. Oh I get it now.”
Although Bannon was no longer Trump’s White House chief strategist after August 2017, The Washington Post reported several months after his firing that Bannon and Trump kept in regular contact through phone calls, with Trump usually initiating them. According to the Post, Bannon continued to address Trump as “sir,” despite no longer being an administration employee.
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