Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller Source Says
Steve Bannon
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon  broke some bad news to House investigators on Tuesday  announcing that the White House has invoked executive privilege to keep  him  from answering many of their questions.
But executive privilegeâthe presidentâs right to keep certain information from the public so  he  can have frank conversations with aidesâwill not keep  Steve Bannon  from sharing information with Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs team  according to a person familiar with the situation.
âMueller will hear everything  Bannon  has to say â said the source  who is familiar with  Bannon âs thinking.
During a closed-door hearing before the House intelligence committee today   Bannon  reportedly told lawmakers that President Donald Trump has invoked broad executive privilege for the purposes of Congressional inquiries. Because of that   Bannon  refused to answer committee membersâ questions about what happened during the presidential transition and in the White House.
This sweeping understanding of privilege will not impact what  Bannon  tells Muellerâs team  according to our source. (To be sure   Bannon  isn't known for being predictable  and it's possible  his  team may still look for ways to dodge Mueller's queries.)
But it means  he  isnât answering many of Congressâs questions. A source familiar with Bannonâs interview told The Daily Beast that despite the subpoenaâissued by Devin Nunes  the typically Trump-friendly chairman of the committee âBannon  refused to answer questions about events that happened after Election Day.
 [TGT] broke some bad news to House investigators on Tuesday  announcing that the White House has invoked executive privilege to keep   [TGT]   from answering many of their questions.
But executive privilegeâthe presidentâs right to keep certain information from the public so   [TGT]   can have frank conversations with aidesâwill not keep   [TGT] from sharing information with Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs team  according to a person familiar with the situation.
âMueller will hear everything  Bannon  has to say â said the source  who is familiar with   [TGT]  âs thinking.
During a closed-door hearing before the House intelligence committee today    [TGT] reportedly told lawmakers that President Donald Trump has invoked broad executive privilege for the purposes of Congressional inquiries. Because of that    [TGT] refused to answer committee membersâ questions about what happened during the presidential transition and in the White House.
This sweeping understanding of privilege will not impact what   [TGT] tells Muellerâs team  according to our source. (To be sure    [TGT] isn't known for being predictable  and it's possible   [TGT]   team may still look for ways to dodge Mueller's queries.)
But it means   [TGT]   isnât answering many of Congressâs questions. A source familiar with Bannonâs interview told The Daily Beast that despite the subpoenaâissued by Devin Nunes  the typically Trump-friendly chairman of the committee âBannon  refused to answer questions about events that happened after Election Day.