Tag: Steve Bannon

• Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  US: Bannon sentenced to 4 months in jail

  

  Former US President Donald Trump's advisor Steve Bannon has been sentenced to four months in jail after Judge Carl Nichols acquiesced to the US Attorney's Office's request which also included a monetary fine the magistrate lowered from US$ 200,000 to US$ 6,500.

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro in Washington, meets Trump on Tuesday: closer political collaboration and Venezuela in the agenda

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Washington on Sunday to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, and cement a conservative-populist alliance that, in part, aims to ramp up pressure on Venezuela.

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 07:33 UTC

  Bannon defends Johnson: “Boris has nothing to apologize for”

  

  Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Sunday defended Boris Johnson amid controversy over the former British foreign secretary's comments that women who wear burqas look like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers.”

• Thursday, January 4th 2018 - 06:08 UTC

  Bannon “has lost him mind” lashes out Trump about his former election strategist

  

  United States president Donald Trump responded personally to his former chief strategist Steve Bannon’s comments about his family members Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. The statement was released to reporters by press secretary Sarah Sanders prior to the White House Wednesday press briefing.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  Trump's firing of FBI Director, “the biggest mistake in modern political history”

  

  Ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says President Trump's firing of the FBI's director was the biggest mistake in “modern political history”. Mr Bannon told CBS News if James Comey had not been sacked, a special counsel would not have been appointed to probe alleged Russian election meddling.

• Saturday, August 19th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  Trump's advisor and top electoral strategist Steve Bannon, abandons White House

  

  Steve Bannon is set to return to his previous position at Breitbart News after he was forced to resign from his post Friday as White House chief strategist, the news outlet announced late Friday. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the departure, effective Friday, was “mutually agreed” to by Bannon and Chief of Staff John Kelly. “We are grateful for his service and wish him the best,” Sanders added in a statement.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:46 UTC

  Trump removes top strategist Steve Bannon from the Security Council

  

  President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). The appointment in January raised fears that the circle of US intelligence chiefs was being politicized.

• Monday, January 9th 2017 - 10:29 UTC

  Boris Johnson in New York holds “positive but frank” talks with Trump's son in law

  

  UK foreign secretary has held “positive but frank” talks with some of Donald Trump's key advisers during a visit to New York, officials have said. Boris Johnson met Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kuchner, and Steve Bannon, the US president-elect's strategist.

• Friday, August 19th 2016 - 10:39 UTC

  Trump overhauls campaign team to try and reverse poor opinion polls

  

  US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauled his presidential campaign team for the second time in less than two months, hiring the head of a conservative news website to bolster his combative image and try to reverse poor opinion poll numbers. Trump named Steve Bannon, head of the Breitbart News website, as campaign chief executive officer, a new position.