UPDATE: It appears Bannon's House Intel Committee appearance was disappointing.
He left today after four hours, answering little more than the two dozen questions that the White House had negotiated with the House’s lead counsel.
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“The only questions he would answer were questions that had been scripted, literally scripted for him by the White House,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, told reporters. “Whenever we sought to probe anything beyond the four corners of the specific wording of the question, he refused to answer. That’s not how executive privilege works.”
Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, the lead Republican on the committee’s Russia probe, said he would work with House Speaker Paul Ryan and House lawyers to further probe the executive privilege claims made Thursday and determine whether contempt proceedings were appropriate.
Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times over the past week (NBC News)
Steve Bannon, former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist, returned to meet with the House Intelligence Committee Thursday. The committee subpoenaed Bannon after he refused to answer questions about his time with the transition and as part of the Trump administration.
After an initial meeting during which he declined to answer many questions, Bannon’s return has been put off several times, as Congress and the White House disagreed over the terms of the interview.
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Terms of the interview are unclear. Bannon is expected to face questions about Trump’s firings of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey.
CNN:
The White House sent a letter to Capitol Hill late Wednesday laying out its explanation for why Trump's transition period falls under its authority to assert executive privilege, a move intended to shield Bannon from answering questions about that time period, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
But House members from both parties have so far rejected that broad interpretation of executive privilege, raising the stakes for Bannon's standoff with Congress.
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Rep. Trey Gowdy, a GOP member of House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday "I'm not OK with" Bannon refusing to answer questions about topics during the transition period.
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Bannon's decision not to talk about those periods with Congress has come as his team has indicated his willingness to answer any questions that special counsel Robert Mueller may have, a stance that has further annoyed lawmakers in both parties.
Republicans say they're particularly at odds with Bannon's stance that executive privilege could extend to the transition period, and say they're worried about the precedent it would set.
The Washington Post says Special Counsel Robert Mueller was expected to meet with Bannon this week too.
Bannon on Hill for closed-door interview in Russia probe (AP)
Steve Bannon shows for Intelligence panel hearing (CNN)
Bannon, House intelligence panel head for subpoena showdown (WaPo)