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The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:42 PM Jan 2018

Bannon refused to answer House panel's questions about time in White House

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Source: Politico

President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon refused to answer questions Tuesday from the House intelligence committee about his time in the White House, prompting panel members to subpoena him on the spot, according to a person familiar with the interview.

Bannon appeared before the committee as part of its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, speaking just weeks after a falling-out with Trump over comments he made in an explosive new book.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) confirmed Tuesday that he issued a subpoena for Bannon. “Of course I authorized the subpoena," he told reporters. "That’s how the rules work.”

The source said Republican lawmakers — including Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and former federal prosecutor Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — were frustrated that Bannon was not more forthcoming. Bannon did not invoke executive privilege, the source said.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/steve-bannon-congress-testimony-subpoena-341492



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Bannon refused to answer House panel's questions about time in White House (Original Post) The_jackalope Jan 2018 OP
Sounds like Noonez* may be looking to scapegoat Sloppy Steve... Raster Jan 2018 #1
What? He refused to answer TODAY or is today the result of not answering in the past? Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #2
Looks like the Tea Party wing Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #3
Locking Chemisse Jan 2018 #4

Raster

(20,996 posts)
1. Sounds like Noonez* may be looking to scapegoat Sloppy Steve...
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jan 2018

...

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
2. What? He refused to answer TODAY or is today the result of not answering in the past?
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:47 PM
Jan 2018
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Looks like the Tea Party wing
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:48 PM
Jan 2018

is about to bury Bannon big time.

McConnell signaled a death warrant against Bannon a week ago in a attempt to save his Power Position.

Chemisse

(30,793 posts)
4. Locking
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 06:48 PM
Jan 2018

This is a duplicate of this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141962963

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