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that the decision to remove him from the west wing was quote fine as he clearly had become a distraction. let s get right to our reporters. jonathan swann of axios, one of the first to break this news. and phil rucker from the washington post and kelly o, white house reporter. you had been on bannon watch and you predicted this this morning but some differing versions of the timing of this decision. lay out what we know at this hour. look, yes, bannon has been telling people that he resigned on august 7th, effective august the 14th to mark one year since he joined the trump campaign. that was really a face saving decision, agreement. he was told that he was out. and that conversation happened a few weeks ago. the entire senior staff had basically turned against him. there were very few left in his corner by the end and frankly the president had turned against him. the president has been telling