Michael Wolff Has Audio Recording Of Bannon And Others

[DonViejo]

Source: Newsweek Magazine




MICHAEL WOLFF RECORDED INTERVIEWS FOR 'FIRE AND FURY,' INCLUDING TAPING STEVE BANNON

BY RYAN SIT ON 1/4/18 AT 8:33 AM

The author of a new book that's loaded with explosive anecdotes of a disorganized and chaotic White House is backed up by "dozens of hours" of audio recordings of senior staff, according to a report.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, whose quotes triggered a firestorm at the White House on Wednesday, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh are among the top officials author and journalist Michael Wolff recorded for new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, according to Axios.

he book chronicles the first year of the Donald Trump presidency. It sent the White House scrambling on Wednesday after excerpts were published in New York Magazine and The Guardian, leaving Trump “furious, disgusted” with Bannon, who is widely quoted embarrassing Trump and his family. Bannon called Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump “dumb as a brick.” He was also quoted disparaging Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., and his son-in-law Jared Kushner as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” for a 2016 meeting with Russian operatives at Trump Tower in New York City, just one floor below the Trump campaign headquarters.

The White House issued a statement from Trump in which the president said his former adviser had "lost his mind."

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-steve-bannon-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-audio-recording-770431

[MrScorpio]

1. Trump's lawyers are warning Wolfe to halt publishing the book because of "false statements"

I'm hoping that they'd be stupid enough to sue.

[Dave Starsky]

3. They got nothin'.

I would think they would have sued already.

Trump's lawyers are not known to be particularly competent.

[Maggiemayhem]

4. Litigation ....Live streaming Lol

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Trump's modus operandi is to threaten endless litigation. . . . . nt

[Adrahil]

11. Action talks, bullshit walks....

If they think they had a case, they'd file. No way a publisher backs down based on that weak-keed threat. They knew the book would piss off Trump and no doubt were not only prepared for this, but were hoping for it. It'll boost sales.

[MrScorpio]

12. Clearly, it's also never a good idea to sue anyone who buys ink by the barrel. nt

[Adrahil]

13. LOL... yeah... and has recording apparently. NT

[dalton99a]

2. Good.

[SweetieD]

5. Some of the stuff being said is so crazy, it has to be true. Because if you were going to make thing

up, most people wouldn't go that far. I don't think Trump will be able to stop this book.

[AKing]

6. One person that has the book has already pledged to post every single quote on Twitter...

Social media will publish it whether Cheeto likes it or not

[Pauldg47]

10. Much of T Rumps base who were Breitbart people will....

...reduce his popularity ...guessing for sure to less than 30%...maybe 25%.?

[yardwork]

7. Bannon was probably drunk when he said a lot of these things.

The people around the president were SO INCOMPETENT they allowed a writer to sit in the West Wing recording their conversations, day after day.

[gldstwmn]

14. Janice Min was just on CNN.

She was at the dinner, backed up Wolff's account and said Bannon refused alcohol and did not drink that night. Wolff's book along with the psychiatrist saying Orange is unraveling ain't looking good. I almost want to say they're coming for him. Roger Ailes widow is the one who told Wolff he could use the information. My first thought was Bannon was drunk AF when he said all this. According to Janice Min he was not. Color me shocked.

[Julian Englis]

16. the tweet backing up Wolf

Link to tweet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Bannon not denying what Wolff printed, but says "no daylight" between him & Trump. . . . nt

[Scurrilous]

15. K&R