Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon's future at Breitbart News is reportedly in question amid his feud with President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE.

The Wall Street Journal reported that members of the right-wing news network's board debated Thursday whether to oust Bannon, who was fired from the White House by chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE last year.

Rebekah Mercer, a member of the board and a prominent conservative donor, distanced herself from Bannon in a statement.

"I support President Trump and the platform upon which he was elected," Mercer said, as reported by The Washington Post. "My family and I have not communicated with Steve Bannon Stephen (Steve) Kevin BannonJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Engineers say privately funded border wall is poorly constructed and set to fail: report Bannon and Maxwell cases display DOJ press strategy chutzpah MORE in many months and have provided no financial support to his political agenda, nor do we support his recent actions and statements."

News of Bannon's possible departure from the conservative news outlet comes hours after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for the news network to look at the possibility of separating from him.

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“I certainly think that it’s something they should look at and consider," Sanders said at Thursday's White House press briefing.

Bannon is in danger of losing control of Breitbart News as well as his hosting gig on the news network's daily radio show on SiriusXM, "Breitbart News Daily," a source familiar with the situation told the newspaper. The former Trump aide rejoined the show as a regular host in December.

Trump put distance between himself and his former senior aide on Wednesday after excerpts from an upcoming book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by author Michael Wolff, were published in The Guardian and New York Magazine early Wednesday.

In the excerpts, Bannon called "treasonous" a 2016 meeting that Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE took in Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer under the pretense of obtaining "dirt" on Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden MORE.

“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.

Trump ripped Bannon in a statement, disavowing his former aide and accusing Bannon of losing his mind.

“Steve Bannon 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.”

-Updated 5:15 p.m.