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Summary

This document appears to be a text excerpt or memo sent by Benjamin Harnwell of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, found within House Oversight Committee records. It details the strategies of Steve Bannon's organization, 'The Movement,' aiming to unite right-wing populist parties across Europe (including Lega, 5 Stars, and leaders like Orbán and Le Pen) ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections. It references Bannon's past with Cambridge Analytica, his strained relationship with Donald Trump following the publication of 'Fire and Fury,' and his intention to focus efforts on Europe.

People (9)

Name Role Context
Steve Bannon American strategist
Central figure discussed; linked to 'The Movement', Cambridge Analytica, and European populism.
Benjamin Harnwell Founder and President
Signatory of the document; affiliated with Dignitatis Humanae Institute.
Donald Trump US President
Mentioned in relation to the 2016 election and a falling out with Bannon.
Viktor Orbán Hungarian Leader
Nationalist courted by Bannon.
Marine Le Pen French Leader
Nationalist courted by Bannon.
Nigel Farage British Separatist Leader
Mentioned appearing at a fundraiser in Pennsylvania.
Lou Barletta Republican Congressman
Beneficiary of a fundraiser attended by Nigel Farage.
Michael Wolff Author
Author of 'Fire and Fury'.
John Milton Author
Author of 'Paradise Lost', quoted by Bannon.

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
The Movement
Described as an extreme right-wing think tank.
Dignitatis Humanae Institute
Organization headed by Benjamin Harnwell.
European Parliament
Target of The Movement's political strategy.
Freedom Caucus
Described as the extreme right of the US Congress.
Cambridge Analytica
Company Bannon was at the top of in 2014.
Facebook
Source of stolen data used by Cambridge Analytica.
Lega
Italian political party.
5 Stars
Italian political party (Movement).

Timeline (2 events)

Friday (Unspecified)
Fundraiser for Lou Barletta attended by Nigel Farage
Pennsylvania, USA
May 2019
European Parliament elections
Europe

Locations (4)

Location Context
Focus of political strategy.
Location of a fundraiser for Lou Barletta.
Address of the Dignitatis Humanae Institute.
Street address in Rome.

Relationships (3)

Steve Bannon Former Political Allies/Strained Donald Trump
Relationships have worsened after revelations in Fire and Fury.
Steve Bannon Political Ally Nigel Farage
Bannon courts nationalists... has already met Nigel Farage.
Signature block.

Key Quotes (3)

"If it works in Italy, we can import the model anywhere"
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"Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Paradise"
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"The 'army of darkness' is already among us."
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The Movement, in fact, intends to function as an extreme right-wing think tank: a source of strategic advice to channel the not-so-politically structured discontent of the most extreme European movements. Analysing data and giving strategic advice. But also by raising funds and channeling funding.
The aim is to create a populist alliance, a sort of “super group” that if victorious can conquer up to a third of the European Parliament in the elections next May.
Indeed — putting the common policy of the Old Continent in the hands of Bannon and his own. The American strategist is very attached to the Freedom Caucus — the extreme right of the US Congress — and in 2014 he was at the top of the Cambridge Analytica company, which in 2016 used data stolen from Facebook to try to influence the presidential election from which Donald Trump emerged victor. It is not a mystery that for a long time he courts nationalists of the right from East to West. And he has already met, among others, the Hungarian Orbán, the French Marine Le Pen and the former leader of the British separatists Nigel Farage. The latter reappeared, coincidentally, on Friday in Pennsylvania, USA, to a fundraiser in favor of the Republican congressman Lou Barletta. Without forgetting the Italians of Lega and 5 stars. Of them, he said: "If it works in Italy, we can import the model anywhere".
The Movement, which for now will count on a staff of 10 people, will be fully operational in 2019. In short, after the American midterm elections, where Bannon is fighting to influence the primaries supporting candidates potentially able to undermine the prospects of Republican establishment. But in the future the former spin doctor says he wants to spend more and more time in Europe. Also because the relationships with Trump have worsened after the revelations he made to Michael Wolff and published in the scandal book “Fire and Fury”. “Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Paradise,” Bannon says now paraphrasing the Satan of one of his favorite books, John Milton's Lost Paradise. Hell in this case would be the dear old Europe and its democratic values. The “army of darkness” is already among us.
In Sacratissimo Corde Iesu et Purissimo Corde Mariae et Castissimo Corde Ioseph.
*******
Benjamin Harnwell
Founder and President of the Board of Trustees
Dignitatis Humanae Institute
Cell: [REDACTED]
Office: [REDACTED]
Istituto Dignitatis Humanae
44 Via delle Fornaci
Roma 00165
ITALY
@ben_harnwell
www.dignitatishumanae.com
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