Steve Bannon

Steven Kevin Bannon is an American media figure and political strategist.

History

In 2017, Bannon founded Citizens of the American Republic.[1]

In August 2017, Bannon met with Guo Wengui at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. In 2018, Bannon signed a year-long deal for consulting services in exchange for $1 million. In late 2018, the pair launched the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society.[2][3]

COVID-19

In April 2020, Guo and Bannon co-founded GTV Media Group.[4]

On June 4, 2020, Guo and Bannon live-streamed an announcement of the launch of the New Federal State of China.[5]

In April 2023, Bannon suggested that he, U.S. President Donald Trump and Guo Wengui were all indicted for criticizing the Chinese government.[6]


  1. Frank, R. (2020, August 21). Inside Steve Bannon’s mysterious charity that allegedly siphoned $1 million from the wall project fraud. CNBC. http://archive.today/2023.04.29-015350/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/inside-steve-bannons-mysterious-charity-at-center-of-wall-project-fraud.html ↩︎

  2. Schwartz, B. (2021, August 16). Mystery shrouds nonprofit linked to wealthy Chinese exile: Steve Bannon leaves, records kept secret. CNBC. http://archive.today/2021.08.17-053859/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/steve-bannon-leaves-mysterious-nonprofit-linked-to-wealthy-chinese-exile.html ↩︎

  3. 23 CRIM 118. (2023, March 6). Cryptome; United States District Court Southern District of New York. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405092411/https://cryptome.org/2023/03/kwok-002.pdf ↩︎

  4. Lawson, C. (2020, October 26). The Strange Case of Guo Wengui. The Dispatch. http://archive.today/2023.01.20-220530/https://thedispatch.com/article/the-strange-case-of-guo-wengui/ ↩︎

  5. Hatomi, H. (2020, June 8). The vision of the New Federal State of China… Asia Power Watch. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622204548/https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-vision-of-the-new-federal-state-of-china/ ↩︎

  6. Steve Bannon suggests that he, Donald Trump, and Miles Guo were indicted for criticizing the Chinese government. (2023, April 4). Media Matters for America. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409075223/https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/steve-bannon-suggests-he-donald-trump-and-miles-guo-were-indicted-criticizing-chinese ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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