An attorney for President Donald Trump said he has sent a cease and desist letter to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon over the critical comments made in the book by Michael Wolff.
The statement from attorney Charles Harder said: “This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent.”
The White House has rebuked Bannon over excerpts from a new book which quoted him as calling the meeting between a Russian lawyer and the President’s eldest son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”
Earlier in the day, Trump excoriated his former chief strategist in a statement claiming that Bannon “lost his mind” after being pushed out from the White House.
In his first comments after the president blasted him Wednesday, Bannon called Trump a “great man.”
Responding to a caller on the Breitbart News Tonight radio show on SiriusXM, Bannon said about the president, “You know, I support him day in and day out.”