September 13, 2021
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon coached convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a “60 Minutes” interview months before he was arrested…
Bannon conducted more than a dozen hours of practice interviews with Epstein in 2019, aimed at making the latter appear less “creepy” ahead of the interview — which ultimately never happened — according to Wolff’s forthcoming book “Too Famous.” …
Bannon interviewed Epstein while giving him tips, such as urging him to avoid looking at the camera so he doesn’t come across as “stupid” and “advising him not to share his racist theories on how Black people learn,” according to the report. Bannon reportedly also told Epstein to “stick to his message, which is that he is not a pedophile.”
“You’re engaging, you’re not threatening, you’re natural, you’re friendly, you don’t look at all creepy, you’re a sympathetic figure,” Bannon told Epstein toward the end of the session, according to interview transcripts obtained by Wolff.
Bannon confirmed to the Times that he had encouraged Epstein to talk to “60 Minutes” and had recorded more than 15 hours of interview footage with the deceased financier, but insisted he had “never trained anyone.” Bannon told the Times he had recorded the interviews for an “previously unannounced eight- to 10-hour documentary” that was intended to show how Epstein’s “perversions and depravity toward young women were part of a life that was systematically supported, encouraged and rewarded by a global establishment that dined off his money and his influence.”
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