Trump lawyer says 'legal action is imminent' against Stephen Bannon

Stephen Bannon.
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Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon received a cease and desist letter late Wednesday from President Trump's attorney, scolding him for "making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements" about Trump and members of his family.

Earlier in the day, several explosive statements from Bannon were featured in published excerpts from Michael Wolff's upcoming book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House — Bannon reportedly said investigators looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will "crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV" and called Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russians in Trump Tower "treasonous" and "unpatriotic." The White House responded by saying Bannon has "nothing to do" with Trump or his presidency and he "not only lost his job, he lost his mind."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.