Steve Bannon is out of Breitbart, after furore over Fire and Fury
Washington/New York — Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has left his job as executive chairman of Breitbart News and will no longer host a radio show at SiriusXM after feuding with President Donald Trump over remarks in a new book. The White House has pressured its allies to cut ties with Bannon after his remarks in the book Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff became public last week. He lost the support of the Mercer family, Republican mega-donors and his closest financial patrons, after Trump spoke with Rebekah Mercer by phone. Breitbart did not say whether Bannon was fired or quit. "Steve was fighting to the very end" to hold onto his job, a Breitbart employee said, declining to be identified discussing a personnel matter. SiriusXM said in a statement after Breitbart’s announcement that Bannon "will no longer host on SiriusXM" because "our programming agreement is with Breitbart News". A person close to Bannon who also asked not to be identified said Bannon’s political involv...
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