White House spokesman on Bannon feud: 'All bets are off'

A White House spokesman says "all bets are off" when it comes to the new feud waging between former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE.

In an interview with CNN, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley accused Bannon of doing little during his time at the White House beyond talking to journalists.

"Obviously over the course of Mr. Bannon's time in the White House, you've seen the results which he's produced, which is zero, and the president fired him for it," Gidley told CNN's Erin Burnett.

"It's obvious that Mr. Bannon spent his time at the White House talking to [author Michael] Wolff instead of doing his job," Gidley continues, referencing the author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," in which the Bannon quotes appeared. 

"But right now, Mr. Bannon came out and lied about the president, attacked his own family. So all bets are off," Gidley warned.

Bannon called Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump files paperwork to transfer businesses MORE "treasonous" in excerpts from the book published in The Guardian and New York Magazine over the elder Trump son's 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer. The meeting was held under the pretense of obtaining "dirt" on Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonGrassley blasts Democrats over unwillingness to probe Clinton GOP lawmakers cite new allegations of political bias in FBI Top intel Dem: Trump Jr. refused to answer questions about Trump Tower discussions with father MORE as part of the Russian government's support for then-candidate Donald Trump.

“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately," Bannon is quoted as saying in the book.

The comments from Gidley are the strongest since White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' comments at Thursday's press briefing, during which she suggested that Breitbart News may wish to consider firing the former White House aide over the comments.

“I certainly think that it's something they should look at and consider,” Sanders said.

Trump, meanwhile, issued a blistering statement Wednesday that said Bannon had "nothing" to do with his presidency and very little to do with his campaign victory.

“Steve BannonStephen (Steve) Kevin BannonOwner of Bannon’s DC house requests fence ‘for security reasons’ Bannon: Roy Moore accusers ‘trying to destroy a man’s life’ Billionaire Trump backer cuts ties with Milo Yiannopoulos MORE has nothing to do with me or my presidency,” Trump said. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”