The Trump administration has threatened Steve Bannon, a former White House chief strategist, with legal action over his damaging allegations against the president and his family.
President Donald Trump’s attorney Charles Harder sent a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday night to Bannon, demanding that he stop making the disparaging comments, which are included in a book named, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
The letter came after excerpts from the book written by Michael Wolff, were made public earlier on Wednesday.
It cites Bannon as describing a 2016 meeting between Trump’s son and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”
The meeting was held in Trump Tower in New York in which a Russian lawyer was said to be offering damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Trump blasted Bannon for his criticism, saying he has “lost his mind” after losing his White House…