{"id":6669,"date":"2021-11-02T01:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6669"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:49:19","slug":"americas-great-divide-steve-bannon-1st-interview-frontline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6669","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Great Divide: Steve Bannon, 1st Interview | FRONTLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve Bannon is a media executive and\npolitical strategist. He served as executive chairman of Breitbart\nNews, as an adviser to Donald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2016 presidential campaign,\nand later as chief strategist in the Trump White House. In August\n2020, Bannon was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail\nfraud and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was conducted by FRONTLINE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Michael Kirk on March 17, 2019. 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