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Donald Trump's campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, was accused by his ex-wife during divorce proceedings of trying to thwart her efforts to send their children to private Jewish schools, citing his disdain for "whiny brats."
"He said that he doesn’t like Jews and that he doesn’t like the way they raise their kids to be ‘whiney brats' and that he didn’t want the girls to go to school with Jews," his ex-wife, Mary Louise Piccard, claimed in court fillings reviewed by BuzzFeed News.
In his response filed in court, Bannon said he was cut out of the selection process altogether.
Pursuant to the express language of our Judgment, my obligation to pay any private school expenses is conditioned on my being consulted and approving the private school.I was never consulted about the selection of the proposed school and no effort was made to give me the opportunity to participate in the process.
I do not support the children attending a secular school and I do not agree with the or approve the unilateral selection made by (Piccard)."
The accusations are the latest to come out of a court record that has come under scrutiny after the former head of Breitbart News was tapped to lead Trump's Republican presidential campaign. They also come on the heels of Hillary Clinton's accused Trump of "taking hate groups mainstream" at a campaign rally, citing Bannon's role and the Republican candidate's association with British politician Nigel Farage.
Bannon nor his spokeswoman immediately returned BuzzFeed News' request for comment. Attempts to reach Piccard also were not immediately successful.
Bannon was also charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery, and dissuading a witness after allegedly grabbing his then-wife's neck and wrist during a dispute in 1996, and smashing a phone when she tried to call 911, according to court documents.
A Santa Monica police report also detailed the incident. However, the case was later dropped when his ex-wife refused to press charges.
On Friday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told BuzzFeed News she didn’t know if he was aware of the incident.
In the divorce declaration filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2007, Piccard claimed Bannon had demanded their daughters "go to a strict structured Catholic School."
At one point, Piccard alleged Bannon called administrators at the private school and threatened to sue them if they accepted their children.
"During a joint visit to see Westland School and Willows Community Schoo, (Bannon) asked the director why there were so many Chanukah books in the library. After we saw Willows he asked me if it bothered me that the school used to be a Temple. I said no and asked why he asked...he did not respond," Piccard alleged.
Piccard also cited an email exchange dated March 31, 2007, in which she told Bannon she didn't know what percentage of Jewish girls made up the student population at the Archer School for Girls in LA.
"As far as the % of Jewish girls at Archer I have no idea what it is nor do I understand why that is such a concern for you…I certainly have not been raising the girls to be prejudice against Jews or anyone else for that matter," Piccard wrote.
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