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And this, folks, is why you don't let a MSM journalist free ranging access to your White House unmonitored. That said, it seems like this guy curried favor with Steve Bannon and got him to put his guard down. I recall this journalist doing an interview with Steven Bannon in 2016 which he talks about in the first linked interview and criticizing the negative media coverage of Trump last year:

Michael Wolff: Donald Trump Most Extraordinary Story Of Our Time | Power Lunch | CNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBW0U-kmF8

Michael Wolff: "THE MEDIA KEEPS LOSING TO TRUMP" @realDonaldTrump #ReliableSources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-hi4Yb0ZHw

He was brought in because apparently Steve trusted him & perhaps Ailes and Murdoch trusted him too. It's still a mistake to bring a journalist in to a White House with unfettered access. It appears business was being done and/or the President was being trashed in front of a journalist writing a book! Then it seems that people from the White House apparently did interviews with him, and it seems in them they leaked and/or trashed Trump. This is a journalist writing a book about the White House. He's a mainstream media journalist with a controversial record per his Wiki page - why was he trusted? This was a big mistake. I think Bannon played a huge roll in this. If this article is true and tapes come out, the media will have a field day.

1 posted on 01/04/2018 3:41:19 AM PST by Pinkbell
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The Bannonites war with everyone and everything, including President Trump, is self defeating and a disaster.

I had a Freeper tell me I was "his enemy" because I criticized Bannon's handling of the Alabama Senate race.

Enough of this.

I have been critical of Trump's tax bill, but other than that I love the man. Now Trump is being mired in yet another needless distraction.

2 posted on 01/04/2018 3:47:22 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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So far, Bannon hasn’t denied a thing he is being quoted as saying in Wolff’s book. And, I agree, so far it sounds as if Bannon was Wolff’s primary contact within the Trump Administration.


3 posted on 01/04/2018 3:47:50 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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I figured he had to have something when the response from the White House was to attack Bannon rather than claim it was fake news.


4 posted on 01/04/2018 3:53:42 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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President Trump erases the Obamacare forced mandate nonsense and then this foolishness comes out. Bannon, what a bafoon. The dems were offering 500 grand to women to give dirt on Trump, so I’m wondering if Nutty Bannon got a payday. Loser. Go learn how to use makeup you hobo.


5 posted on 01/04/2018 3:54:30 AM PST by goldendelicious
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Interesting timing, just as Wray and Rosenstein agree to turn over the FBI dossier files voluntarily to Nunes. The rank stupidity of Bannon and the other White House staff who talked to this leftist reporter and gave him access appalls me.


9 posted on 01/04/2018 3:57:03 AM PST by laconic (uir)
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They thought this was "off the record" but Wolffe was TAPING?? Repugnant Reporter.

Talking to Left Wing Lying Reporters.....STUPID AS CAN BE!!

12 posted on 01/04/2018 4:01:52 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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We can almost there is no such thing as ‘off the record’ anymore. Everyone has tiny recording devices.


15 posted on 01/04/2018 4:03:35 AM PST by Will88
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Puhlease.
Self inflicted wounds again. Unnecessary drama. More arrogance from the Administration.
Everyone here knows who Wolff is. Why didn’t the Trump crew? A Wolff in sheeps clothing.


19 posted on 01/04/2018 4:08:19 AM PST by griswold3 (Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.)
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One-sided taping without consent is illegal in many places.

He will probably face criminal prosecution and civil suits.


26 posted on 01/04/2018 4:18:18 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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When talking to a reporter of any kind, you are NEVER off the record. You NEVER let your guard down in the presence of a “media” mole. Those who don’t recognize that fact are deluded.


29 posted on 01/04/2018 4:27:38 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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Folks....do you who Mike Allen is? He is nothing less then the biggest Trump hater in the USA!!! I believe nothing he utters...not one word. Case closed.


31 posted on 01/04/2018 4:34:35 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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So that’s going to make it harder for officials to deny embarrassing or revealing quotes attributed to them in “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” out Tuesday.....”

You can bet all the worst of Bannon is recorded. I don’t like what this will do to Breitbart. Bannon himself is a big boy and deserves his beating.


33 posted on 01/04/2018 4:40:36 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Kate Walsh. RNC girl, no?


34 posted on 01/04/2018 4:43:10 AM PST by dangus
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I’m a bit perplexed as to why anybody in a powerful position would talk to anybody with press credentials. It’s clearly not a very intelligent thing to do... That being said, if he did indeed tape the conversations, then he obviously informed people they were being taped. Otherwise he would be breaking the law. So release the tapes and prove the conversations were real. Otherwise, it’s just here say.


35 posted on 01/04/2018 4:43:20 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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If this is true, one can only hope that the recording captured Bannon saying these things with a drunken slur in his voice.


36 posted on 01/04/2018 4:44:38 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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Never believe that anything is “off the record.” Never say anything that you don’t want on the front page of a newspaper some day.


38 posted on 01/04/2018 4:49:29 AM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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When Trump canned Bannon, Preibus, and Walsh the leaks stopped. That’s all I need to know about those three pieces of s***.


43 posted on 01/04/2018 4:53:50 AM PST by TTFlyer
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Trump and his campaign team were rank political amateurs when they took residence in the WH and OEOB. This is why Kelley was ultimately brought in.

Trumps personnel mistakes from Priebus on are really legendary. He has created so much needless drama for the forward motion of his agenda.

Unfortunately the blow back from these mistakes will still play out for a while, including the free pass he gave the witch.

Trump will never blame himself for these mistakes but he violated the basic management rule of choosing your key staff very carefully and the political rule of don’t hire your campaign staff for government...keep them on the campaign side.

46 posted on 01/04/2018 4:58:54 AM PST by Badboo (Why it is important)
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Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them.

Frankly speaking, who cares? You can find similar conversations in hundreds of thousands of places in the USA.

I am interested in knowing how the new tax code will affect me personally.

I am interested in enforcing our laws to keep me safer from terrorists and illegal alien criminals.

I am interested in seeing justice prevail.

I am interested in seeing progress that will make America Great Again.

The hysterical MSM is on the path to self-destruction with its insane focus on the POTUS playing golf, gossip, traveling, and twitter. Do they know the difference between meaningful journalism and petty garbage?

48 posted on 01/04/2018 5:01:56 AM PST by olezip
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I don’t care if he taped his sources. If the sources lied, and the author and publisher didn’t do their homework to verify, they are still liable.


49 posted on 01/04/2018 5:04:10 AM PST by Missouri gal
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