Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says he doesnât deny anything that author Michael Wolff published in his controversial book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
In an interview published Wednesday with a right-wing French media outlet and translated by BuzzFeed News, Bannon said former White House communications director Hope Hicks authorized Wolff to have âtotal access and to speak to everyone.â
“The book has been authorized then I don’t deny anything from what is inside,” Bannon said. âThe book is what it is. The reader can judge what he reads.â
Bannon claimed that ânot even one personâ who works at the White House has denied anything in the book. After the bookâs release, however, the White House compared the book to a tabloid. Trump also lashed out at Bannon, saying he had âlost his mindâ for some of the comments he made in the book.
Bannon said he still talks with Trump regularly, despite their previous feud over the book.
