Posted on 06/01/2018 8:00:02 PM PDT by Bratch
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon publicly defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the attacks he’s facing from President Trump.
Trump has privately and publicly blasted Sessions’ decision to recuse himself in the federal probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, most recently on Wednesday, writing on Twitter he wishes he’d chosen someone other than Sessions.
But the President is “wrong,” Bannon told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview set to air Sunday.
Trump pressured Sessions on at least four separate occasions last year to take back control of the Russia investigation, but Session refused, Axios reported.
Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe “is not even an issue,” and that Trump should not dwell on the matter, the former Breitbart News chief argued.
“If you look at what Jeff Sessions has done on immigration on migration and all the key issues at the Justice Department, I think that Sessions has personally done an excellent job.”
Bannon added that anyone associated with the Trump campaign, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani or former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, would have also recused themselves from the Russia investigation.
The Steve Bannon Special Interview
Last July, after Trump characterized Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him, Bannon reportedly led the effort to save the attorney general’s job while he was still at the White House, warning that his dismissal would exacerbate the Russia investigation.
Bannon left his White House post last August, but he and Trump appeared to have reached a breaking point in January after Bannon was quoted disparaging the president’s children, asserting that Donald Trump Jr. had been “treasonous” in meeting with Russians and calling Ivanka Trump “dumb as a brick” in Michael Wolff’s book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
Trump responded to the controversy, with a statement issued by the White House.
“Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency,” Trump said. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”
The full interview will air on CNN on Sunday.
Former Trump Chief Strategist Steve Bannon Speaks to CNN: Defends Sessions and Bashes President Trump (VIDEO)
This clown just wants an audience, and how better to get it than bashing Trump on CNN?
I once thought this guy was fantastic. Wow, was I wrong!
Any one going on Collusion, Never News is just a ‘rat enabler.
Corrected Title: Butthurt Bannon Goes Crying Like a Little Girl to FNN
Excellent editing there, Jane!
Why does anyone want to interview this irrelevant slob?
I miss the days when former high officials (presidential aides, CIA directors, etc.) would just shut up and quietly retire. Now everyone has a criticism about everything. Professional behavior is out the door.
Yeah, GP jumped the shark long ago.
“Bashes President Trump “?... where?
Please note the story has little to do with the interview. And the headline is overblown. I thought they hate Bannon as a white supremacist.
Maybe it’s reverse psychology.
If Bannon has decided to support Sessions, some Deep State Swampdwellers may be less inclined to continue their support. They may say if Steve Bannon is for it, then I’m against it!
“Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe “is not even an issue,””
Magoo single-handily gave legitimacy to the ‘russian collusion’ hoax by his recusal. His recusal put the corrupt obama stooges, rosenstein and mueller, in charge and at large in the DOJ. His recusal allowed his hand picked DAG, rosenstein, to appoint mueller’s special counsel coup which has dogged Trump’s presidency and anyone close to him...
None of that happened by chance, steve. ICYMI Sessions is a deep-state compromised RAT BASTARD
It sounds like Bannon could be behind the Queer-Anon disinformation campaign...
>>>Why does anyone want to interview this irrelevant slob?<<<
Duh, they want to interview him because he is bashing POTUS Trump.
It all comes down to Comey. Bannon wanted Trump to keep Comey on as the FBI Director, and Kushner advised Trump to fire the swamp snake. Trump’s thinking aligned with Kushner’s, and Bannon’s been on a butthurt tear ever since.
Not everyone close to Trump. Sessions suddenly stopped getting questioned about anything once he recused himself. Nobody's subpoenaing his records or raiding his home.
I never understood that-—Bannon saying that firing Comey was a mistake.(Unless he knew what Sessions/rosenstein/mueller had planned) Comey should have been fired day one along with 1000’s of other O’muslim loyalists.
Funny. Turns out this POS was one of the major leakers in the WH.
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