The first thing you will notice in Bannon's statement is that he does not disavow a word of the quotes attributed to him in Michael Wolff's book,
Fire and Fury.
Some really big financial powerhouses have sent the word high and low that Steve Bannon is now
persona non grata in the pseudocon world, including one of the financiers of Breitbart. Bannon's job at Breitbart might not survive this brouhaha, and that is probably what has inspired his statement of contrition below.
Steve Bannon’s Statement on Donald Trump Jr.