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Who Is Steve Bannon Without <i>Breitbart</i>?

Just a few months after leaving the Trump administration, the former top White House adviser has been pushed out of the conservative outlet he helped make influential.
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After falling out with President Trump over comments he made to the journalist Michael Wolff, Steve Bannon is leaving Breitbart News.

The news was originally reported by The New York Times.

Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam, a close ally of Bannon’s, confirmed Bannon’s departure in a text message on Tuesday.

itself announced the news on its website on Tuesday afternoon, including a statement from Bannon: “I’m proud of what theBreitbartteam has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform.”’s CEO Larry Solov is quoted as saying: “Steve is a valued part of our legacy, and we will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has helped us to accomplish.” staffers were not given a heads up before the news was announced, according to two sources.

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