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Prankster Fooled Breitbart Editor Who Thought Emails Were From Steve Bannon

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The editor pledged to do Bannon’s “dirty work.”

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An email prankster fooled Breitbart’s top editor into thinking he was former top Trump strategist and current executive chairman of the website, Steve Bannon. Alex Marlow, the right-wing site’s editor-in-chief, responded to the emails, which were provided to CNN, by pledging to do Bannon’s “dirty work” against White House officials, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Marlow also suggested he could have Kushner and Ivanka Trump ousted from the White House by the "by end of year." Bannon parted ways with Trump last week and immediately returned to Breitbart in a top role. “The obsession with Breitbart News is simply a result of our effectiveness. This time, an imposter deceitfully obtained and shared with CNN tongue-in-cheek emails that revealed that we feel Globalists present an existential threat to the agenda that got President Trump elected,” Marlow told CNN. The same prankster has fooled White House officials in the past.

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