Which specific Steve Bannon emails in the Epstein files mention Nigel Farage and what are their dates and file IDs?
Executive summary
The only specific Steve Bannon exchanges in the publicly released Epstein documents that mention Nigel Farage are an extended 2018 email chain—largely a translated news clipping that names Farage—and a March 2018 message in which Bannon boasts of advising or having ties to Farage; reporting stresses these are references in Bannon’s commentary or pasted articles, not correspondence from Farage himself [1] [2] [3]. Public reporting and fact-checkers also emphasize that many search hits are duplicate copies of the same items across the Epstein Library [1] [4].
1. Which specific Bannon messages mention Nigel Farage
Multiple outlets identify a single 2018 email conversation between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein as the primary source of Nigel Farage references in the Epstein files—PA Media, The Standard and several fact-checks report that roughly 21 of the Farage search hits derive from that same 2018 exchange where Farage’s name appears within a translated news article embedded in the thread [1] [4] [5]. Separate reporting highlights a March 2018 message in which Bannon tells Epstein he has “become an adviser” to or is advising Nigel Farage, which Middle East Eye dates to March 2018 and frames as Bannon boasting of ties to Farage in their correspondence [2].
2. What the messages actually contain, and how they read
The material cited is not a private back-and-forth between Epstein and Farage but either Bannon’s commentary about UK politics or news clippings forwarded to Epstein—examples include Bannon saying he had been “pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg” and other remarks referencing Brexit figures, and the translated article that names Farage embedded in the 2018 chain [6] [1]. Reporting underscores that there is no direct Epstein–Farage exchange and no verified meeting documented in the released files; mentions are contextual or journalistic snippets rather than new primary evidence of a relationship [3] [7].
3. How many mentions and why counts are inflated
Multiple outlets note that search counts for “Nigel Farage” in the Epstein Library are inflated because the same embedded article or variant copies appear repeatedly in different versions of the same thread or across duplicate files—PA Media and The Standard state that around 21 of the mentions come from the same 2018 conversation, and other aggregators observe that total counts quoted on social media (e.g., “37 mentions”) are a product of duplicate entries rather than discrete substantive items [1] [4] [7].
4. What reporting does not provide (file IDs and full provenance)
None of the provided sources disclose specific Epstein file identifiers (file IDs) or catalogue numbers for the Bannon messages mentioning Farage; published accounts summarize content and dates (e.g., “2018” or “March 2018”) but do not reproduce the repository IDs or the exact document filenames visible in the House committee or DOJ releases [1] [2] [6]. The absence of those file IDs in these articles is a reporting limitation, and the only way to obtain the precise file identifiers is to search the official Epstein Library/House committee release directly and inspect the metadata for the cited 2018 thread and the March 2018 message [1] [3].
5. Bottom line and where to look next
The Epstein files as reported identify two concrete Bannon-origin items mentioning Nigel Farage—a 2018 email chain embedding a translated news article (which accounts for the bulk of search hits) and a March 2018 message in which Bannon claims an advisory relationship; there is no on-file correspondence from Farage nor verified meeting evidence in the publicly reported documents [1] [2] [3]. For exact file IDs and full text, primary-source verification is required by consulting the released document set (the Epstein Library/House committee release) because secondary reporting summarizes content and dates but does not list repository file identifiers [1] [6].