Steve Bannon backtracks on ‘treason’ claims

The former Trump aide says his remarks were aimed at Paul Manafort

Steve Bannon has backtracked on claims of treasonous behaviour by Donald Trump Jr
Steve Bannon said Donald Trump Jr. was ‘a good man’
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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has said remarks in which he appeared to call Donald Trump Jr “treasonous” were not directed at the US president’s son.

In a statement, he said Trump Jr is “both a patriot and a good man” and the remark, which appears in Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, was directed towards the President’s former campaign chief.

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