Clive Palmer suggests Steven Bannon hoped to ‘increase influence’ by claiming credit for 2019 election ads

Billionaire says he spoke to former Trump strategist once, when he mistook him for a potential donor, denying claims revealed in the Jeffrey Epstein filesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClive Palmer has denied Steve Bannon helped direct his advertising blitz in the 2019 federal election, suggesting texts published in the Jeffrey Epstein files about the strategy were an attempt by the former Trump strategist to “increase his own influence” by claiming credit.Palmer said he’d never communicated with Epstein – a convicted sex offender – and only ever spoke with Bannon in one brief, unexpected, late-night phone call. Continue reading...