1/4/2018

STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump publicly repudiated Steve Bannon, his former senior strategist and onetime campaign chief, after a new book surfaced in which Mr. Bannon made scathing and highly personal criticisms of some of the president’s top advisers, including several family members…
In the book, a copy of which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Bannon called a June 2016 meeting between top Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer ‘treasonous’ and aired concerns that missteps by aides could lead to legal jeopardy for the president…
The president’s statement was released after the publication of quotes and excerpts from ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’ by Michael Wolff. In the book, Mr. Bannon sharply criticizes the president’s adult children and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, all of whom Mr. Bannon sparred with during his six months inside the administration.
Mr. Bannon is quoted as describing Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a White House adviser, as ‘dumb as a brick.’ A spokeswoman for Ms. Trump didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Bannon declined to comment. A person close to him said Mr. Bannon didn’t deny his quotes in the book.”

-Eli Stokols, “Trump Lawyer Demands Bannon ‘Cease and Desist’,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 4, 2018 11:02am