Bannon On The Run

Ken AshfordL'Affaire Russe, Trump & AdministrationLeave a Comment

Steve Bannon has more free time:

President Donald Trump has removed Steve Bannon, his chief strategist, from the National Security Council, according to a filing in the federal registry. A top White House official told NBC News that Bannon was put on the NSC’s Principals’ Committee only as a check against then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Now that Flynn is gone, Bannon is no longer needed in that role, the official said.

Rrrriiiiiiight.  Flynn left on February 14, so, you know, that reason isn’t very good.

Also it begs a BIG question: why did the White House think that Flynn needed a “check” anyway? If he was a security risk, why was he (Flynn) on the NSC at all?