Steve Bannon: I Didn’t Order Breitbart Hit on Reince Priebus

The former Breitbart News head said he was furious when the site published a nasty piece on Reince Priebus—but doth the chief strategist protest too much?

Lloyd Grove

Published Feb. 15 2017 7:35PM EST

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President Trump’s chief strategist, former Breitbart News chairman Stephen K. Bannon, was in feverish damage control mode Wednesday over a report in the angry-populist/nationalist news site trashing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

“Story is totally absurd,” Bannon texted The Daily Beast, adding that he “went ballistic” on Tuesday in...

Steve Bannon: I Didn’t Order Breitbart Hit on Reince Priebus

The former Breitbart News head said he was furious when the site published a nasty piece on Reince Priebus—but doth the chief strategist protest too much?

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Lloyd Grove