MeMoMu_PSW_036 THE GUARDIAN: EPSTEIN FILES SHED MORE LIGHT ON STEVE BANNON'S EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE EUROPEAN POLITICS

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📷: The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, right, with the US political strategist Steve Bannon in an undated photograph. Photograph: House Oversight Democrats/AFP/Getty Images / Kumari Models Agency
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Angela Giuffrida in Rome,
Deborah Cole in Berlin and
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
THU 5 Feb 2026 17.43 CET
Donald Trump’s former adviser told Epstein in 2019 that he was ‘focused on raising money for Le Pen and Salvini’ before European elections
Dozens of messages contained in the latest tranche of Epstein files lay bare the attempts by Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon to tap Jeffrey Epstein for support and funding to bolster European far-right parties.
The messages mostly date to 2018 and 2019, when Bannon, after being sacked by Trump, regularly visited Europe in his quest to forge a movement in the European parliament uniting ultra-rightwing and Eurosceptic forces from several countries including Italy, Germany, France, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Austria.
Bannon especially set his sights on Matteo Salvini, the Italian deputy prime minister and leader of the far-right League, who at the time was at the height of his political power. Italian opposition parties this week urged Salvini to clarify whether Epstein influenced the rise of the League after Salvini’s name was cited several times in messages exchanged between Bannon and Epstein.
In France, the leftwing party La France Insoumise also called for a cross-party parliament inquiry after several French figures including Jack Lang, a former culture minister, and his daughter appeared in the latest Epstein release, as did exchanges between Epstein and Bannon in which Bannon spoke of his desire to raise money for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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