Trump’s New Campaign Chief is Allegedly a Wife-Beating Fraudster Who Hates Jews

GOP Nominee’s Hiring Decisions Continue to Raise Questions

It would be an understatement to say that Stephen Bannon, the newly hired CEO of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign, has had a rough first week on the job. 

First, it was revealed that Bannon, the head of right-wing site Breitbart News, was charged with domestic violence and battery in 1996 for allegedly assaulting his then-wife, Mary Louise Piccard. The charges reportedly were dropped after Bannon threatened Piccard with retribution if she testified against him.  

Then, we learned that Bannon is registered to vote at a home in the swing state of Florida where he doesn’t live, an apparent violation of election laws. This charge is especially embarrassing since both Breitbart News and Trump have railed against perceived Democratic voter fraud, with the nominee even suggesting the November election will be “rigged.” 

Now, reports indicate that Piccard also accused Bannon of making vile anti-semitic remarks, including saying he “doesn’t like Jews” and didn’t want his daughters attending school with their kids who are “whiney brats.”  

Bannon hasn’t responded to the domestic abuse and voter fraud allegations, but he’s denying the anti-semitic remarks. 

Although some might discount Piccard’s allegations against Bannon as “he said, she said,” the bigger question seems to be how Trump could have hired someone with these types of red flags on his record. Keep in mind, Trump’s previous campaign manager, Paul Manafort, left in the wake of reports that he’d accepted $12.7 million from a pro-Russia political party. 

Trump’s new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, she this week she doesn’t know if Trump was aware of Bannon’s domestic violence charges, leading The New York Times to conclude that Trump “Hires First and Deals With Background Questions Later.”

“I’m betting he hasn’t done any due diligence on any of these folks,” Dave Ulrich, a management professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, told the newspaper. “It’s leadership on instinct.” 

Just imagine what that could mean if Trump is elected president.