“I don’t know why I’m attracted to somebody – I don’t know,” he tells Bannon. Do you think you’re the devil himself?” Taken aback by the line of questioning, Epstein replies: “I don’t know. Epstein views cashflow as the “blood” of the financial system; if liquidity dries up, the system “dies” regardless of other metrics. Socrates could think.”Then, in a peculiar exchange, Bannon asks: “Jesus of Nazareth was the same way, right? Bannon: I’m peeling this onion back a layer at a time.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2026 06:35 UTC