Thursday, January 04, 2018

Fire & Fury Sourcing

You'll be hearing a lot about the "fast and loose" method writer Michael Wolff used and has used in the past, but before you go assuming he made up quotes, consider this report from Axios...Wolff taped interviews with Bannon and other top officials.

Ruh oh.

Also, from the Axios article...

*Although the White House yesterday portrayed Wolff as a poseur, he spent hours at a time in private areas of the West Wing, including the office of Reince Priebus when he was chief of staff.

*The White House says Wolff was cleared for access to the West Wing fewer than 20 times. But Wolff, a New Yorker, stayed at the Hay Adams Hotel when he came down to D.C., and White House sources frequently crossed Lafayette Park to meet him there.

*How could Wolff possibly know for sure what Steve Bannon and the late Roger Ailes said at a private dinner? It turns out Wolff hosted the dinner for six at his Manhattan townhouse.

The dude had access, and the people in this White House didn't know better. Also, Trump himself approved of his presence.