Donald Trump’s campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal. The NPR report adds that Bannon had owed up to $136,000 to the IRS at the time, among other financial problems. “I was scheduled for an amniocentesis and was told by the respondent that if the babies were normal we would get married”.
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Preate did not respond to a request for comment from CNN; Trump campaign spokespeople also did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Bannon pled not guilty, but when a final court date was set, his wife did not appear and the charges were dropped in August of that year.
Bannon has kept a low profile since formally joining Trump’s campaign last week as the GOP nominee has been roundly criticized for bringing him on board.
“I told him that there are children who are Jewish at [a competing school], and he asked me what the percentage was”, she went on.
According to reports, not only does Donald Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon not live at the address listed on his active Florida voter registration, the property has been empty for months now and is slated for demolition. How did you know to come?’ As I started to tell her about the 911 hang up call, she started to cry, and it took 3-4 minutes for her to calm down, so she could tell me what happened.
Piccard and Bannon were locked in a contentious child custody war when she accused him of the bigoted behavior a decade after first filing for divorce.
Three separate anti-Semitic remarks were allegedly made by Bannon while the couple toured Westland School, Willows Community School and The Archer School for Girls. He even asked his supporters help him make sure that polling locations are properly watched over in November.
His then-wife, Mary Louise Piccard, claimed he pulled her neck and wrist during an argument – the police report details visible injuries that corroborated her complaint – and smashed a phone when she tried to call the police. “Mr Bannon never said anything like that”, she said.
The accusations are the latest in a string of bad press for Bannon dredged up from the divorce proceedings. Preate, however, said Bannon has denied saying that and proudly sent the girls to Archer school.
His wife, whose name was redacted from the published report, told Bannon, “that maybe he should find another place to live, that she wanted a divorce”, the report said.
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She subsequently wrote that Bannon and his attorney pressured her to leave the city before the case went to trial, under threat of not providing any financial support to her or the children.
