Steve Bannon was accused of making a Nazi salute as he concluded a speech at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend, but Bannon said Friday the gesture was merely a “wave.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday canceled his planned remarks here at the Conservative Political Action Conference after Steve Bannon, the former adviser to President Donald Trump who is now popular conservative podcast host, made a hand gesture that some said appeared to be a Nazi salute.

Steve Bannon raised his arm in a gesture that resembled a Nazi salute during a speech Thursday at the Conservative Policy Action Conference. Bannon, the far-right firebrand who was a senior adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term and last year served four months in prison for contempt of Congress,