Steve Bannon argued a special counsel should be appointed to review files related to Jeffrey Epstein amid outrage from the right over a government memo saying the disgraced financier had no “client list” and was not murdered in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
“They have to go to the court and demand and unseal the sealed evidence in Epstein,” the conservative pundit and ally to President Trump said on his popular “War Room” podcast this week. “Bundle everything together you’ve got sealed and unsealed, and release it all.”
“Or, which I called for yesterday, appoint a special prosecutor,” Bannon continued. “He should appoint a special prosecutor, a special counsel now for the 2020 election and everything after that and include Russiagate and all this. You have to do that. That should be done immediately.”
The firebrand commentator’s remarks were first highlighted by Mediaite.
The remarks came after billionaire Elon Musk in a social media post suggested Bannon was in the files related to Epstein’s case, which has been the focus of a number of right-wing conspiracy theorists and others loyal to the president.
Musk produced no evidence to back his claim, and he has also claimed Trump is named in the Epstein files.
Many Trump supporters have voiced frustration with his administration this week after a Department of Justice memo released Monday said a so-called client list relating to Epstein does not exist and there is no evidence to suggest anything other than suicide for his death.
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