is trying to take a decidedly different view of a man that obviously helped to shape and certainly helped to frame the trump political insurgency. but the president is doing everything he can to distance himself from mr. bannon. there s another white house statement i want to share with the folks at home. this is coming from sarah sanders who will obviously be out here for the briefing in about 12 minutes or so. she writes this book is filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals that have no access or influence with the white house. she says participating in a book that can only be described as trashy tabloid fiction exposes their sad attempts at relevancy. you may recall after his firing, bannon told the weekly standard that the trump presidency we fought for is over. bannon suggesting the trump white house wasn t going far enough to reach its potential to reshape conservative american politics. the president tried to distance himself from mr. bannon before
meeting at trump power. now this is all coming out in h new details in a book comes out later this month, fire and fury, inside the trump white house. now steve bannon used extraordinary language here describing the president s familiar lip and ambitions and motives. the president shot back with a very harsh statement on wednesday. the in the white house briefing on wednesday, press secretary sarah sanders described the book as trashy tabloid fiction. i think disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims again the president, his administration and his family. but these explosive comments actually underline the argumenth white house for more than a year trying to discredit and down play the russian investigation. steve bannon says he believes this is all about money laundering. of course the relationship between the president and steve
calling it trashy tabloid fiction. chairman of the american conservative union said bannon is going to lose this barroom brawl. steve bannon is an important voice but i think he is grayling marginalized his voice because this looks personal, it looks petty. it s about who did the most help donald trump win. it s about revision and it helps the left. the books author michael wolf was given unusual access to the white house. he says he did over 200 interviews with white house and campaign staff. he has often been criticized for inaccuracies. his book is slated for release next tuesday. shannon: i wonder if it will sell many copies. doug mckelway, thank you very much. good to see you. as we ve been reporting, the president s attorneys sending bannon a cease and desist letter. joining a stock about that and more, isaac wright, former executive director of the pro hillary clinton correct the record super pac. alexander smith, executive director for america rising. great to have you wi
laundering. mueller chose andrew weissmann first. donald trump jr. fired back today on twitter. just look at the comments section on breitbart. wow. when bannon has lost bright bart, he s left with nothing. the president unleashed a flurry of counterparts go punches counter punches. the white house spokeswoman sarah sanders blasted the book calling it trashy tabloid
tabloid fiction. when you have got publications like the failing new york times and cnn saying it s sloppy and not accurate and business insider is saying he admits that. i don t know why there is any credibility to this book whatsoever. i know candidate trump, president-elect trump and president trump. the stories in this book are so factually wrong it shouldn t have been published. one of the things in the book is he didn t know who john boehner is. but there is a photo on the internet much trump playing golf with boehner. a lot of the stories are far-fetched. but it has a pattern with other reporters who covered the white house.