Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon demanded the end of the Federal Reserve in a rabble-rousing speech to conservatives on Friday night, saying fat cat bankers had taken too much power

Instead he demanded that control of the bank be handed back to the American people and slammed the way it had freely been printing money through the pandemic. 

'We don't need to audit the Fed,' said.

'We need to end the Federal Reserve. 

'The Federal Reserve has usurped its power and the power of the American people and our elected representatives.'

He laid down a fiery call to arms at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Former President Donald Trump will headline the event on Saturday, its final day.