Raheem Kassam offers a rebuttal to the narrative that Steve Bannon was betraying President Trump. Kassam said Bannon was playing Epstein for a documentary he planned to make exposing Epstein.
Here is an excerpt:
Raheem Kassam, a former employee of Steve Bannon’s who had a falling out with him some time ago, wrote a powerful defense of him on his Substack, headlined, The Very Obvious Bannon-Epstein Op.
Kassam said Steve Bannon didn’t know he was writing about this.
Kassam blames RINO Inc. for this hatchet job and says it began in earnest with Trump’s former campaign manager, Chris LaCivita, who signed on to help RINO John Cornyn in Texas against MAGA-favored Ken Paxton.
“LaCivita infamously employs a group of hyper-online influencers to peddle his talking points and assail his enemies. This is the same cadre of clowns who think they took down Governor Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary with memes, when the truth was more about serious reporting from the likes of Laura Loomer and, indeed, The National Pulse.”
He said this latest assault began when Bannon launched War Room Texas with the following objectives.
- Defeating Senator John Cornyn (LaCivita’s current boss);
- Defeating Elon Musk’s big H1-B migrant visa push;
- Defeating the rise of Islam in the Lone Star state.
“So, naturally, it is “game on,” with LaCivita deploying more aggressive tactics than he ever did in defense of his former client, President Donald J. Trump.
“In fact, you’d have to go back to LaCivita’s “swiftboating” of presidential candidate John Kerry to find similar duplicity in American political history.
“ENTER THE EPSTEIN FILES.
“Despite Bannon being one of the longest-standing voices demanding full and total release of all the Epstein files, LaCivita and his team have gone about “swiftboating” Bannon, or at least trying to, mostly by attempting to revise history and ascribe wildly different meanings to carefully screenshotted texts/emails between Bannon and Epstein during the period when the former was attempting to interview the latter for a long-form documentary project.
Kassam said Bannon was playing Epstein to get the goods on him.
“The project was never fully completed due to Epstein’s re-arrest, though several more hours of footage still exist, some of which was released by the DOJ a few weeks ago. You can watch those here to get an idea of how Bannon was playing Epstein to get to the bottom of his network and his life.
“Bannon, for those who don’t know, has a history of making tough films about difficult subjects. The Epstein documentary would have been his magnum opus, had it ever been completed, though he has said he will likely release whatever else he can this year.
In the above exchange between Bannon with his filmmaker hat on and film subject Jeffrey Epstein, Steve reiterated what was already public (see Vanity Fair 2017): that he believed Democrats and RINOs would use the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump as President.
“For him, it was ‘beyond borderline’ that they pursued the strategy. In fact, he told Trump that himself, while also declaring it publicly at speeches, meetings, and rallies.”
The article is long; read it and make your own decision. Kassam insists Bannon doesn’t deserve this.
Original Story
Steve Bannon was Jeffrey Epstein’s advisor and friend and was in daily communication with him. According to reports, he tried to rehabilitate the pedophile. But the real kicker is that Bannon advised Epstein on how to make Mike Pompeo, an anti-Trumper, President of the United States.
It appears from the Epstein files that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon laid out a scheme to overthrow the sitting president of the United States using the 25th Amendment. The plan was to install Mike Pompeo as president. And Judas, Mike Pence, and Democrat Nancy Pelosi were in on it.
“Why was he talking about replacing Trump, swapping Pompeo as the VP with Mike Pence, and then using the 25th Amendment to make Pompeo the president?
“These are text messages that appear to confirm Epstein was with Bannon.
“Quote: I like the idea of Pence stepping down in favor of Pompeo. So, when it happens, he becomes president; that’s allegedly from Epstein. And I’m thinking it. What do you mean by it?”
Bannon is responding; that is his name. “Has this been shopped?”
Epstein replies, “Rudy did lay out impeachment, Pelosi votes, and don’t go after Ivanka.”
Bannon says, “Great.” Great, impeaching Trump? We now know Pompeo was not a product of MAGA doctrine and was heavily critical of Trump once he left his first term, showing his true colors. Bannon wanted him to become president.
Boycott CPAC
CPAC invited Steve Bannon to serve as a featured speaker, so obviously, President Donald Trump will not attend.
In this clip, Roger Stone talks about Bannon’s perjury, Bannon’s theft of the Build the Wall fund, and oddly not being imprisoned for it; he was a co-conspirator in a fraud scheme, and then we learn from the Epstein files that he’s advising Epstein and betraying President Trump.
Bannon is not an appropriate speaker at CPAC. Go to ArtVoice to read about Bannon.
I remember Bannon’s interview years ago during Trump’s term, bashing the president. He was fired by Trump after leaking and spreading false narratives. Tucker Carlson also gave an interview in which he unapologetically nuked the president. Megyn Kelly, same thing. Maybe people who betray others should not be trusted again.
Former Trump Adviser @RogerJStoneJr joined @DLoesch and SLAMS CPAC for inviting Steve Bannon as a keynote speaker and exposes Bannon’s past including his ties to Epstein. #DanaRadio
Podcast: https://t.co/A9ZuQuXe0x pic.twitter.com/c7b1hUOHd4
— The Dana Show (@DanaLoeschRadio) March 20, 2026
From an X Poster:
I think some people need a reminder:
Megyn Kelly tried to take Trump down before he was even elected in 2016.
Steve Bannon was fired from the administration and later joined forces with Jeffrey Epstein to try to take Trump out.
Massie has never been aligned with Trump.
Tucker Carlson’s own texts in 2020 made clear how he actually felt.
Candace Owens broke with Trump in 2022.
MTG has never been a serious political force.
So as you can see… Everyone leading the charge and telling you MAGA is dead has one thing in common: They’ve all turned on him at one point or another. And somehow, he’s still standing. MAGA isn’t dead. They just learned who not to listen to.