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"Nick Negotiated Donald Out of Bankruptcy" - Epstein's Messages to Steve Bannon

Patrick Duggan
Feb 11
3 min read

# "Nick Negotiated Donald Out of Bankruptcy" - Epstein's Messages to Steve Bannon

During the Trump Presidency

We searched 329,442 DOJ documents. We found Jeffrey Epstein discussing Donald Trump's bankruptcy history with Steve Bannon.

February 2018. During the Trump administration. While Bannon was still a major political figure.

The Bankruptcy Discussion

**EFTA02518894** (February 28, 2018):

*"Nick was the person that negotiated Donald out of bankruptcy. Not Wilbur"* — Jeffrey Epstein to Steve Bannon

Epstein correcting Bannon on Trump's financial history. Clarifying who actually saved Trump from his casino bankruptcies.

A convicted sex trafficker. Providing insider information about the President of the United States. To the President's former chief strategist.

The "Epic" Response

**EFTA02448552** (May 2018):

*"excellency, better than the 'hig' you will have fun, and meet a person that thinks of things at a scale that for me is unimaginable."* — Epstein to Bannon

Bannon's response: *"Epic"*

Epstein brokering introductions for Bannon. Connecting him to people who "think of things at a scale unimaginable." And Bannon finding it "Epic."

The Nobel Prize Connection

**EFTA02451122** (April 2018):

*"Would love to meet"* — Steve Bannon

What was he eager to meet? Epstein was offering:

*"head of council of europe, member of nobel prize comm and its former chairman, thorbjorn jagland"*

Epstein brokering meetings between Bannon and Nobel Prize committee members. European political leaders. The highest levels of international influence.

The Crypto Joke

**EFTA02521881** (February 2018):

*"did you go to church today? think of the wafers as crypto coins"* — Epstein to Bannon

Casual. Joking. The kind of banter you have with someone you're comfortable with.

Not a one-time contact. An ongoing relationship. With jokes and familiar communication.

The Timeline

February - May 2018.

Bannon had left the White House in August 2017.

But he was still in Trump's orbit. Still influential. Still a major political force.

And he was exchanging casual messages with Jeffrey Epstein about Trump's bankruptcy history, Nobel Prize introductions, and crypto jokes.

What Bannon Knew

By February 2018, Epstein's history was well documented:

- 2008 conviction and plea deal

- Multiple victim testimonies

- Registered sex offender

- Flight logs with Clinton, Trump, and others

Bannon knew all of this. And he kept communicating.

"Epic."

The Trump Question

Epstein knew details about Trump's bankruptcy negotiations.

He knew who "negotiated Donald out of bankruptcy."

He was sharing this information with Bannon in 2018.

What else did Epstein know about Trump? What else did he share?

The Network

The Bannon-Epstein communications show Epstein as a power broker:

- Connecting Bannon to European political leaders

- Connecting Bannon to Nobel Prize committee members

- Providing insider information about Trump's finances

- Maintaining casual, joking relationships with political figures

This wasn't blackmail. This was networking. Influence. Access.

The Pattern

Bannon wasn't alone in the Trump circle:

**Howard Lutnick** — Commerce Secretary, "neighbor" in FBI tip

**Jared Kushner** — 666 Fifth Ave, Apollo financing

**Trump himself** — 2,500+ documents, Mar-a-Lago, flights

The Epstein network touched every level of the Trump administration.

Verify It Yourself

**epstein.dugganusa.com**

Search: *Steve Bannon* — 47 documents

EFTA02518894 — "Nick negotiated Donald out of bankruptcy"

EFTA02448552 — "Epic"

EFTA02451122 — "Would love to meet" Nobel Prize chairman

EFTA02521881 — "think of the wafers as crypto coins"

Every document searchable. Every quote verified.

The Questions

Did Trump know about Bannon's ongoing Epstein communications during 2018?

What other "scale unimaginable" introductions did Epstein broker for Bannon?

Who is "Nick" who negotiated Trump out of bankruptcy, and what was his relationship to Epstein?

Why was a convicted sex offender still brokering high-level political introductions in 2018?

*"Nick was the person that negotiated Donald out of bankruptcy. Not Wilbur"* — Jeffrey Epstein to Steve Bannon, February 2018

*EFTA02518894. We indexed it.*

*Her name was Renee Nicole Good.*

*His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.*