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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:39 AM Thursday

MAGA civil war erupts with Steven Bannon and Roger Stone in online feud over Epstein [View all]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 11 February 2026 18:44 EST


Republican political operator Roger Stone is warring with a proxy of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on social media after the Epstein files revealed the latter's close relationship to the convicted sex trafficker.

In recent days, Bannon has been the subject of criticism from some conservatives over emails he exchanged with Epstein, even after the disgraced financier was convicted for sex trafficking.

“That’s our stinky Steve,” Stone wrote in response to an article written about Epstein and Bannon texting each other on the day the former was arrested in 2019. Epstein was reportedly texting Bannon about a "redemptive" documentary the MAGA podcaster wanted to make about him.

Stone told his followers to look at the emails, claiming that Bannon "was very far up Epstein’s a** and was advising him on how to lie his way out of his criminal pedophile past.”

Grace Chong, the CFO and COO of Bannon’s War Room podcast, defended her boss on X, sharing an image suggesting Stone'

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-bannon-stone-epstein-argument-b2918650.html

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