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Steve Bannon
Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, Republican political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of President Donald Trump's first administration before Trump fired him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News. Since 2019, Bannon has hosted the War Room podcast.
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business · American media executive and political strategist (born 1953) · film producer · film director · publicist · political adviser · strategist · politician · screenwriter · banker · political scientist · investment banker · also Steve Bannon, Stephen K. Bannon, Stephen Kevin Bannon, Stephen Bannon, Bannon, Stephen Kevin "Steve" Bannon
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2026· 21 entries
“s pick of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to be his national security adviser, calling him an”
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“We, the Judeo-Christian West, really have to look at what he”
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“believe that at least Putin is standing up for traditional institutions, and he”
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“My belief is pretty straightforward, that the CCP is exactly like Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo. These are gangsters, they are criminals. They think like criminals, they act like criminals and they need to be treated like criminals”
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“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while. I want you to quote this: the media here is the opposition party. They don”
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“sends a disturbing message about what kind of president Donald Trump wants to be”
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“guardian of a corrupt and incompetent establishment”
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“s ideological mix included libertarians, Zionists, the conservative gay community, same-sex marriage opponents, economic nationalists, populists, as well as the alt-right, with the alt-right comprising a very small proportion overall. Conceding the alt-right holds views with”
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Media Matters for America: Steve Bannon and former Trump DHS adviser Todd Bensman agree ICE should be present at polling places
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Politico: 'The old politics are gone': Steve Bannon on the democratic socialist wave
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Yahoo: Steve Bannon is already losing his mind over the midterms: ‘We ain’t gonna be in power!’
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Image proves Steve Bannon had urine on his pants at a World Economic Forum event” Darker Fabric.
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The Guardian: Steve Bannon appears likely to have criminal conviction dismissed
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shared online in early 2026 authentically showed former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein taking a selfie in a mirror.” True.
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The Guardian: Trump justice department moves to dismiss Steve Bannon criminal case
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The Guardian: Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
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The Guardian: Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms
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The Guardian: Bill Shorten questions ‘forces at play’ after Steve Bannon’s claim he helped Clive Palmer, damaging Labor’s 2019 election chances
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The Guardian: Clive Palmer denies Steve Bannon’s claim he was behind billionaire’s controversial 2019 Australian election ad strategy
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Documents were released that included thousands of text messages between Bannon and Epstein, particularly from 2018 and 2019
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2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and ... Liz Truss? Inside the former PM’s audition for Maga
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The Guardian: House Democrats release Epstein photos with Trump, Bannon, Clinton and others
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Mark Epstein, brother of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, once sent his brother an email that suggested he ask former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon “if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.”” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Steve Bannon, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said, "If we [conservatives] lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."” Correct Attribution.
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Media Matters for America: Ben Shapiro attacks Steve Bannon for floating a “really stupid” notion of a third Trump term: “Steve Bannon is a grifter”
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Mediaite: Steve Bannon Insists There’s Already a Plan in Motion to Get Trump a Third Term: He’s ‘Gonna Be President in ’28’
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Newsweek: Steve Bannon Suffers Legal Setback
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Bannon "pleaded guilty to one state felony count of a scheme to defraud in the first degree and was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge
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2023· 1 entry
“told others that he watches the program and that the president was familiar enough with it to cite specific interviews he had seen when the two men spoke this summer”
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2022· 2 entries
With the jury being finalized the next day
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Bannon was charged in New York state court with fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with the campaign
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2021· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former adviser, was the first person to be charged by the Justice Department for contempt of Congress since 1983.” True.
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On two criminal contempt charges: one count of not providing documents, and one count of not testifying
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Snopes rated the claim “Then-U.S. President Donald Trump's former chief political strategist Steve Bannon said "All hell is going to break loose" the day before the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.” Correct Attribution.
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The Chinese government imposed sanctions against Bannon and 27 other Trump administration officials that "planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves, gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined
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2020· 7 entries
A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed against Bannon and three others, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering
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Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K
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His federal prison sentence was commuted by President Trump
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Bannon and Guo participated in declaring a "New Federal State of China" (also called "Federal State of New China")
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Bannon and others were arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering connected to the We Build the Wall fundraising campaign
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Bannon began a podcast War Room: Pandemic, broadcast from his Capitol Hill townhouse; Bannon told friends that Trump had "told others that he watches the program and that the president was familiar enough with it to cite
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“We got elected on Drain the Swamp, Lock Her Up, Build a Wall. This was pure anger. Anger and fear is what gets people to the polls.”
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2019· 3 entries
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments regarding appeals of rejections by three circuit courts of the proposed inclusion of the survey question
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Using a Kovel agreement, a legal maneuver, to extend attorney-client privilege to Bannon, allowing him to join Epstein's legal team, despite Bannon not being a lawyer
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The group's rights to use the former monastery were revoked by the Italian government because it determined that the lessee Dignitatis Humanae Institute failed to meet several criteria to operate the monastery and failed
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2018· 8 entries
That the Senate Intelligence Committee is conducting a "wide-ranging" investigation of Bannon's activities during the campaign, including knowledge he may have had about any contacts between Russia and two campaign advis
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Five months after his appointment, he stepped down as executive chairman
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Bannon expressed regret over his delayed response, declared his "unwavering" support for Trump and his agenda, and praised Donald Trump Jr
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Bannon announced that he planned to establish a right-wing academy on the site, with the support of Benjamin Harnwell, a British associate of Bannon's who underwrote the project and aimed to create a "gladiator school fo
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After his criticism of Trump's children was reported in Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury, he was disavowed by President Donald Trump and left Breitbart
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Bannon released a pro-Trump documentary, Trump @War through his production company, Victory Films; the film aimed to galvanize Trump supporters ahead of the 2018 elections in a bid to keep a Republican majority in the Ho
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Michael Lewis published a quote ascribed to Bannon, made while the transition team for Trump was supposed to be preparing for the next administration, and The Guardian used it twice in the title of an excerpt from the 20
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““Has Anyone Seen the President? by Michael Lewis, Bloomberg”
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2017· 14 entries
To submit his immediate resignation in lieu of being fired
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Less than a week after the August 11–12, 2017, Charlottesville Unite the Right rally which degenerated into violence and acrimony
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Breitbart announced that Bannon would return as executive chairman following his period of employment at the White House
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Steve Bannon with a bloody lip.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."” Pants on Fire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says White House adviser Steve Bannon said, "Nobody can blame you for beating your wife if it’s out of love."” Pants on Fire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Steve Bannon once described himself a "Leninist" who wanted to destroy the state.” Unproven.
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Career landmark: Counselor to the President (2017–2017).
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"They come in through Gamergate or whatever and then get turned onto politics and Trump
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Bannon founded the Movement, a populist organization which frequently promotes right wing populist groups in Europe which are against the EU government and political system in Europe
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Guo reportedly gave a $150,000 loan to Bannon shortly after he left the White House, and a Guo-linked company entered into a $1 million consulting contract with Bannon, beginning in August 2018
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And Epstein introduced Bannon to some of his friends
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“the infrastructure, globally, for the global populist movement”
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Career landmark: White House Chief Strategist (2017–2017).
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2016· 9 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Donald Trump's campaign chief Steve Bannon said that injectable birth control makes women fat and prevents them from getting "man meat" injections.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Trump strategist Stephen Bannon defended spousal abuse with the statement, "Nobody can blame you for beating your wife if it's out of love."” False.
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With 88 days until the 2016 presidential election, Bannon was appointed chief executive of Donald Trump's presidential campaign
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And said he'd "always planned on spending one year", but that he stayed a few more days due to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
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“Darkness is good: Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That”
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Bannon became the chief executive officer or CEO of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and was appointed chief strategist and senior counselor to the president following Trump's election
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“We think of ourselves as virulently anti-establishment, particularly”
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“any piece that mentions Evola”
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Bannon declared the website "the platform for the alt-right"
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2015· 1 entry
“s failure marked a turning point in his political worldview from largely apolitical to strongly Reaganite, which was further reinforced by the September 11 attacks. He recounted,”
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2014· 1 entry
“If you look back at the long history of the Judeo-Christian West [sic] struggle against Islam, I believe that our forefathers kept their stance, and I think they did the right thing. I think they kept it out of the world, whether it was at Vienna, or Tours, or other places...it bequeathed to us the great institution that is the church of the West”
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2011· 1 entry
Bannon spoke at the Liberty Restoration Foundation in Orlando, Florida, about the 2008 financial crisis, the Troubled Assets Relief Program, and their impact in the origins of the Tea Party movement, and his films Genera
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2010· 1 entry
“Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of submission”
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2007· 3 entries
Bannon wrote an eight-page treatment for another documentary, Destroying the Great Satan: The Rise of Islamic Fascism in America
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Co-founded Breitbart News, a website which he described in 2016 as "the platform for the alt-right"
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Bannon was a founding board member of Breitbart News, a far-right news, opinion and commentary website
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2006· 1 entry
Bannon persuaded Goldman Sachs to invest in a company known as Internet Gaming Entertainment
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2005· 1 entry
Bannon secured $60 million in funding from Goldman Sachs and other investors for Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE), a company based in Hong Kong that employed "low-wage Chinese workers" to play World of Warcraft, a mas
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2004· 1 entry
Bannon made a documentary about Ronald Reagan, In the Face of Evil
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1998· 1 entry
Société Générale purchased Bannon & Co
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1993· 3 entries
“Until we have the black working class and the Hispanic working class getting high-value-added jobs, we've failed as a society. To me: citizens first. And we don't need a million immigrants in this country. Particularly, we don't need a million immigrants that don't come with a real set of skills.”
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Became acting director of the research project Biosphere 2
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While still managing Bannon & Co
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1991· 1 entry
“the platform for the alt-right”
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1990· 1 entry
Bannon and several colleagues from Goldman Sachs launched their own company Bannon & Co
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1988· 1 entry
Bannon and Houff had a daughter, Maureen, in 1988 and subsequently divorced.
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1987· 1 entry
Relocated from New York to Los Angeles, to assist Goldman in expanding their presence in the entertainment industry
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1985· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard Business School, Master of Business Administration (1983–1985).
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Bannon earned a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Harvard Business School
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1983· 1 entry
From Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
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1980· 1 entry
Bannon was deployed to the Persian Gulf to assist with Operation Eagle Claw during the Iran hostage crisis
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1976· 2 entries
Graduated from Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies with a bachelor's degree in urban planning
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Studied at Virginia Tech, bachelor's degree (1976).
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1971· 1 entry
And then attended Virginia Tech, where he served as the president of the student government association
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1953· 2 entries
Born 1953-11-27.
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“s film, Trump@War. On June 3, 2020, Bannon and Guo participated in declaring a”
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