01/03/2018
In a new book due to be released Wednesday, Steve Bannon is quoted as saying Donald Jr. was treasonous when he agreed to meet with Russians in an attempt to get dirt on Hillary Clinton. Bannon is the former Chief Strategist and confidant to Donald Trump.
In “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” author Michael Wolff quotes Steve Bannon as saying “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers. They didn’t have any lawyers”. “Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s***, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” Bannon also reportedly told Wolff: “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.”
An attorney for Trump Jr. declined to comment, however the President had plenty to say about Bannon’s comments. “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind,” Trump said. “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look. Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country.”
In addition to stating Donald Jr. committed treason, Bannon also suggests that the President knew of the meeting in Trump Tower, and may have met with the Russians himself. “The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these Jumos up to his father’s office of the 26th floor is zero” Bannon reportedly states.
Bannon also reportedly told Wolff that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia is centered on money laundering, saying that the White House is “sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five” hurricane.
To date, Steve Bannon has not refuted any of the statements.
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