Trump personally made decision to limit Bannon testimony: report

[kpete]

President Trump reportedly ordered that former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon limit his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.

Trump's decision came after receiving advice from Uttam Dhillon, a deputy White House counsel, Foreign Policy reports.
Dhillon reportedly thought the administration could have legitimate executive privilege claims in the situation, sources told Foreign Policy. But Dhillon also found the administration doesn't have legitimate executive privilege claims to limit the testimony of Bannon and other officials from giving information to special counsel Robert Mueller.


Foreign Policy's findings come after it was reported earlier this week that an attorney for Bannon relayed questions to the White House in real time while his client was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.

The Associated Press reported that Bannon's attorney, Bill Burck, was communicating with the White House counsel's office via phone to check on whether it would allow Bannon to answer certain questions.




http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369566-trump-personally-made-decision-to-limit-bannon-testimony-report

[Wounded Bear]

1. Of course he did...

Trump thinks he's fighting some sub-contractor in municipal court again.

[gratuitous]

2. Witness tampering AND obstruction of justice

I guess President Shithole doesn't think Old Buddy Bannon has lost his mind anymore?

[rurallib]

8. and right in front of their eyes

how can they possibly ignore it?

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. If Obama had done this with anyone ever, the deplorables would

buy tanks, anti tank missiles, nuclear weapons, hunt him down and END him the same DAY.

[winstars]

4. Uttam Dhillon, wasn't he the one who misled tRump about Comey, it was in a story a few weeks back???

https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2018/01/09/indian-american-white-house-lawyer-intentionally-misled-trump-to-stop-fbi-chiefs-firing/

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. What are you afriad of PGIC??? nm

[mr_lebowski]

6. So, are Trumps lap-dog Repuke Congresscritters going to let him get away with this BS?

He has to CLAIM executive privilege in order to use it in this way, does he not?

But he doesn't WANT to CLAIM it because he thinks it'll make him look guilty, or worse in his mind, WEAK.

Think I read somewhere that the Committee is getting (has gotten?) a subpoena to compel Bannon to answer though ... so I suppose that's the point at which he's going to HAVE to assert it.

Meanwhile, Trump's team have oh-so-conveniently ... already gotten all the question on the exam, so they now have the advantage of picking through them, coaching Bannon, deciding exactly which questions they might legitimately have a 'privilege' claim on, etc.

Looking more and more to me like this was the intention of that whole sham of an appearance, Dems on the committee probably shouldn't have asked any of their questions once they saw Bannon was flat refusing to answer anything + running out the room to get on the phone w/the WH and such.

Shady as hell if you ask me.

[kentuck]

7. I thought he wasn't speaking with Bannon?

I thought he was pissed off at him??