Steve Bannon savages Trump in the new Michael Wolff book. https://t.co/4bgucw7nQx
— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) May 30, 2019
Sweet Jesus, this Bannon quote: “This is where it isn’t a witch hunt – even for the hard core, this is where he turns into just a crooked business guy, and one worth $50m instead of $10bn. Not the billionaire he said he was, just another scumbag.” https://t.co/kPC5wibW54
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 30, 2019
Just as he was looking for a headwind from Michael Wolff’s new book…
There's just only so much you can pack into one sentence. https://t.co/wbxvXlxX34
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 31, 2019
… Italy’s cultural heritage ministry announced on Friday (May 31) that it would revoke a lease granted to Bannon after reports of fraud in the competitive tender process. The former Breitbart chief and aide to US president Donald Trump was reportedly paying €100,000 ($110,000) per year to rent the 13th Century Carthusian monastery, but now will have to search for another spot.
The Italian state allowed the conservative Catholic organization Dignitatis Humanae Institute (DHI) to use the building early last year. Bannon happens to be a trustee of the institute, and planned to convert the space into a “gladiator school for cultural warriors,” where students would learn philosophy, theology, history, and economics, and receive political training from the former Trump aide himself.
But earlier this month, Italian newspaper Repubblica reported that a letter used to guarantee the lease was forged. The letter had the signature of an employee of Danish bank Jyske, but the bank said that employee hadn’t worked there for years, and called the letter fraudulent…
More details about the proposed "gladiator school for culture warriors” here:https://t.co/RpAvkasxlK
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 31, 2019
I would like to live there, sans Bannon of course.
"But now, only one 83-year-old monk remains. A longtime chef-gardener still lives there, as well, along with several dozen feral cats." pic.twitter.com/nZi2eDNyhM
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 31, 2019
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