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<em>Breitbart</em>'s Raheem Kassam Is Out

The editor of the site's London bureau was one of the last Steve Bannon allies left within the organization.
Source: Neil Hall / Reuters

Updated on May 23 at 2:23 p.m. ET

Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam has left the company, a source with direct knowledge of his departure told The Atlantic, marking the exit of one of the most visible legacies of the company’s former chairman Steve Bannon within the organization.

Kassam was one of the last staunch allies of Bannon still working there. The former White House chief strategist

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