Christopher Wylie, the former Cambridge Analytica employee who sounded the alarm on the firm illicitly obtaining user data from Facebook, told Meet the Press' Chuck Todd that Steve Bannon "absolutely wanted to use [the data] for Republican candidates ... [and] alt-right candidates in the United States."
What's next: Wylie also said he's been contacted by American authorities — both from Congress and the Department of Justice — and that he plans to cooperate with them as they investigate Russia's role in the 2016 election.
President Trump started his Sunday morning with a tweet calling The Washington Post "made up garbage" in response to a story the Post published on Saturday describing Chief of Staff John Kelly's frustrations in the West Wing.
The backdrop: Axios' Jonathan Swan kicked things off yesterday with his report that Kelly threatened to quit on March 28 after blowing up at the president in an Oval Office meeting.
Facebook has suspended Canadian political consultancy AggregateIQ following reports it is linked to Cambridge Analytica (via the National Observer).
“In light of recent reports that AggregateIQ may be affiliated with [Cambridge Analytica parent company] SCL and may, as a result, have improperly received FB user data, we have added them to the listof entities we have suspended from our platform while we investigate. Our internal review continues, and we will cooperate fully with any investigations by regulatory authorities.”
