Steve Bannon at FT conference: I didn't know about Facebook data mining at Cambridge Analytica

[DonViejo]

Source: CNBC

It marked the first time the former top White House strategist and Trump campaign boss spoke publicly about the scandal.

Bannon declined to comment on suspended Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix, but zeroed in on Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Mike Calia | @Michael_Calia
Published 39 Mins Ago Updated 14 Mins Ago

CNBC.com

Right-wing political strategist Steve Bannon said Thursday that he did not know about Cambridge Analytica's data mining from Facebook, marking the first time the former top White House strategist and Trump campaign boss spoke publicly about the scandal.

What happened there, Bannon said, is between Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and "the professor" – meaning Aleksandr Kogan, who reportedly shared data harvested from his psychological test Facebook app with Cambridge Analytica.

Bannon was once an executive with the political-consulting firm, which is alleged to have used data mined from millions of Facebook users to create political ads that favored Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the push for Brexit. He also claims credit for the company's name.

Bannon was speaking at a conference held by the Financial Times newspaper.



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[Botany]

1. Bannon: I didn't know about Facebook data mining at Cambridge Analytica

Wasn't he a principal in the company? And wasn't C.A. being bankrolled by the Mercers?

Lock 'em up.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142021159

"Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Thursday alleged that during the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s former chief campaign strategist Steve Bannon, billionaire Republican donor Rebekah Mercer and Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix were warned that the company’s actions may violate American law."




ADX Supermax Colorado

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Board of CA? Check. Campaign chairman for Trump? Check. Knows nothing? Hunh?

[rzemanfl]

3. My skinny septuagenarian ass you didn't. n/t

[irisblue]

4. rrrriiiiigggghhhhttt

[Maeve]

5. Please! And what gave him the idea of naming it CAMBRIDGE???

if he didn't know the data was harvested by the professor from there?
Pull the other leg; it has bells on it.

[FakeNoose]

6. Steve Bannon, I checked my receipt

You were the strategist and you told them exactly what to target. Maybe you didn't write the code, but it doesn't matter. You gave gave them everything they needed to mine the data. You'd better plan on spending more time with Mr. Mueller.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Just the coffee boy

or maybe covfefe boy.

[BigmanPigman]

8. The whistle blower was on MSNBC and he is talking.

Mueller and Congress will hear from him now. He said Bannon, the Mercers, etc were 100% on board and knew about the violations all along and didn't care. They were involved up to their eyeballs and so was Guillani!