Buried among the roughly 3 million pages of Justice Department documents is a brief exchange revealing disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein discussing the removal of Federal Reserve<\/u> Chair Jerome Powell with then\u2013Trump advisor Steve Bannon.<\/p>\n
The 2018 emails, bearing the subject line ‘Re: Trump has discussed firing Fed chief after latest interest rate hike: report,’ show Epstein and Bannon weighing who should exit the Trump administration next.<\/p>\n
Epstein opened the exchange by endorsing the idea of removing Powell, who Trump had appointed to the role a year prior.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
‘Should have been done months ago too old!!!!’ Epstein wrote.<\/p>\n
The exchange took place two days after then\u2013Defense Secretary James Mattis stunned Washington with his resignation, and Epstein dismissed the foreign policy upheaval as secondary to changes at the Fed.<\/p>\n
‘Getting rid of Powell much more important than Syria\/Mattis. I guess Pompeo, only one left,’ Epstein wrote in a follow-up email, adding that ‘Jared and Ivanka need to go,’ referencing Trump’s daughter and son-in-law who held positions in the administration. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bannon responded by asking whether Powell or then\u2013Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin could be removed.<\/p>\n
‘Can u get rid of Powell or really get rid of Mnuchin,’ Bannon wrote.<\/p>\n
Epstein replied that Mnuchin should remain in place.<\/p>\n
‘No, Mnuchin is ok,’ Epstein wrote.<\/p>\n
The revelation of the email correspondence underscores a moment years in the making, as President Donald Trump moves forward with a criminal investigation into Powell and names Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the central bank.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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