Senate Press Gallery Committee Denies Permanent Capitol Hill Passes To Breitbart Over Bannon Ties

The Daily Beast reports:

On Monday morning, the Standing Committee of the Senate Press Gallery denied Breitbart’s request for permanent press credentials for Capitol Hill, stating that they needed “more answers” before considering the right-wing website’s request again. The committee discussed a request letter sent to them by Breitbart’s Larry Solov late Thursday that was said to show White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had severed ties from Breitbart as of November. Beyond the letter, which presented a “Word.doc” masthead of Breitbart, a committee member pointed out that beyond “us trusting Larry” there was no other evidence that Bannon had in fact completely cut himself off from the site he previously ran.

Breitbart staffers will continue to use temporary press passes while the committee awaits “fuller explanations” including responses to news reports that Trump insider Rebekkah Mercer is involved in the site’s editorial decisions.