A newly released interview that ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon conducted with Jeffrey Epstein provides a glimpse into the convicted sex offender’s complicated view of himself and his reflections on his first stint in jail, among other topics. The interview was recorded on video around 2019 for a sympathetic documentary aimed at rehabilitating Epstein’s image, following his arrest more than a decade earlier on a count of soliciting prostitution, according to his brother, Mark. Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist early in Trump’s first term, is believed to have 15 hours of audio from his conversations with Epstein. He did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment Monday afternoon. Bannon has not been accused of or charged with criminal wrongdoing in connection to Epstein’s crimes. The material — released Friday by the Department of Justice as part of its investigation into the late financier — offers a rare example of extended verbal remarks from Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. About a half-hour into the interview, Epstein speaks about his famously cushy 13-month stint in a Florida jail, from June 2008 to July 2009. Thanks to a plea deal struck by then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, Epstein was allowed to leave the jail for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week on a work-release program. But by Epstein’s account, the conditions were still rough. He said he was in “an 8-by-10 cell with…

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A newly released interview that ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon conducted with Jeffrey Epstein provides a glimpse into the convicted sex offender’s complicated view of himself and his reflections on his first stint in jail, among other topics. The interview was recorded on video around 2019 for a sympathetic documentary aimed at rehabilitating Epstein’s image, following his arrest more than a decade earlier on a count of soliciting prostitution, according to his brother, Mark. Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist early in Trump’s first term, is believed to have 15 hours of audio from his conversations with Epstein. He did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment Monday afternoon. Bannon has not been accused of or charged with criminal wrongdoing in connection to Epstein’s crimes. The material — released Friday by the Department of Justice as part of its investigation into the late financier — offers a rare example of extended verbal remarks from Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. About a half-hour into the interview, Epstein speaks about his famously cushy 13-month stint in a Florida jail, from June 2008 to July 2009. Thanks to a plea deal struck by then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, Epstein was allowed to leave the jail for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week on a work-release program. But by Epstein’s account, the conditions were still rough. He said he was in “an 8-by-10 cell with…

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A newly released interview that ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon conducted with Jeffrey Epstein provides a glimpse into the convicted sex offender’s complicated view of himself and his reflections on his first stint in jail, among other topics. The interview was recorded on video around 2019 for a sympathetic documentary aimed at rehabilitating Epstein’s image, following his arrest more than a decade earlier on a count of soliciting prostitution, according to his brother, Mark. Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist early in Trump’s first term, is believed to have 15 hours of audio from his conversations with Epstein. He did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment Monday afternoon. Bannon has not been accused of or charged with criminal wrongdoing in connection to Epstein’s crimes. The material — released Friday by the Department of Justice as part of its investigation into the late financier — offers a rare example of extended verbal remarks from Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. About a half-hour into the interview, Epstein speaks about his famously cushy 13-month stint in a Florida jail, from June 2008 to July 2009. Thanks to a plea deal struck by then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, Epstein was allowed to leave the jail for up to 12 hours a day, six days a week on a work-release program. But by Epstein’s account, the conditions were still rough. He said he was in “an 8-by-10 cell with…

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