Departed Aug. 18
Formerly White House chief strategist
Bannon initially submitted his resignation on Aug. 7, a person close to him told The New York Times. The newspaper said the announcement his departure had been delayed after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.
Bannon, a nationalist firebrand, helped shape Trump’s populist rhetoric which fueled his rise to the Oval Office. But in the weeks leading up to his exit, reports surfaced of Bannon’s influence waning as the president grew increasingly angry with him.
— CNBC’s Jacob Pramuk, Everett Rosenfeld and Marty Steinberg contributed to this report.