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Steve Bannon Tried To Take Down Alleged Whistleblower Before Anyone Knew Who He Was
[WesternJournal] Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Vice News that he and others had been working years ago to see alleged Ukraine whistleblower Eric Ciaramella ousted from the White House.Suspicious of Ciaramella’s loyalties early in 2017, Bannon and his allies were, however, prevented by then-National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from possibly heading off the trouble of another mass media spectacle and manufactured political hit on the president, according to the Washington Examiner. “I don’t think the individual naming of the whistleblower is important,” Bannon said, eventually citing a report he says tied him “to the efforts to get the gentleman who was named out of the National Security Council.” “Absolutely true,” he said. “When I was in the White House, there was a number of people on the National Security Council [who wanted Ciaramella removed]. “The named individual eventually got let go, I believe, because people were suspicious — and not me, but other people around him — were suspicious about his leaking, and that’s why he was let go.” According to the Examiner, Ciaramella — who has not denied widespread reports he is the one who blew the whistle on alleged impropriety in a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — was an NSC “holdover” from the Obama administration. A lifelong CIA analyst, Ciaramella remained on the NSC for some time under Trump and was suspected by administration officials and right-wing bloggers of the alleged “high-level” leaking of the president’s communications with Australia and Mexico in 2017. Related: Steve Bannon: 2019-11-10 House Republicans Request Hunter Biden Testify in Public Impeachment Hearing Steve Bannon: 2019-11-05 Steve Bannon: 'Joe Biden Is The Hand Grenade And Hunter Is The Pin' To Blow Up Dem Establishment Steve Bannon: 2019-10-22 China's Disguised Global Threat Comes Alive Related: H.R. McMaster: 2019-11-15 Schiff Lies Yet Again, Claims To Not Know Who The Whistleblower Is H.R. McMaster: 2019-10-21 Schiff's Russia Expert Worked W/Steele, Wrote ‘Russian Interference' Piece In 2016, Has Unusual Connections H.R. McMaster: 2019-10-15 NSC staffer discussed Trump-Ukraine call outside council, called conversation 'outrageous': sources Related: Eric Ciaramella: 2019-11-20 Former USN Seal O'Neill characterizes LTC Vindman as 'operative and disgrace' Eric Ciaramella: 2019-11-20 Ambo Volker Again Undermines Quid Pro Quo Claim: Never Took Part in Any Effort to Investigate Bidens Eric Ciaramella: 2019-11-20 Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Outs Himself as Source for CIA Whistleblower Complaint Posted by: Omealing Sloter5863 2019-11-21 |
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