AP Sources: WH directed Bannon silence in House interview
Source: AP
Steve Bannons attorney relayed questions, in real time, to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former Trump chief strategist, people familiar with the closed-door session told The Associated Press.
As lawmakers probed Bannons time working for President Donald Trump, Bannons attorney Bill Burck was asking the White House counsels office by phone during the Tuesday session whether his client could answer the questions. He was told by that office not to discuss his work on the transition or in the White House.
Steve Bannons attorney relayed questions, in real time, to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former Trump chief strategist, people familiar with the closed-door session told The Associated Press.
As lawmakers probed Bannons time working for President Donald Trump, Bannons attorney Bill Burck was asking the White House counsels office by phone during the Tuesday session whether his client could answer the questions. He was told by that office not to discuss his work on the transition or in the White House.
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)TimeToGo
(1,366 posts)That doesn't seem, I don't know, appropriate.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Something isn't adding up.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Mueller will not be so accommodating.
Justice
(7,188 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)It would seem that when he returns under subpoena he will have to answer those.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)It seems every legal analyst that has appeared somewhere has said that it shouldn't apply to transition activities nor to activities post-WH.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)if someone is yelling play-by-play from the window?
tanyev
(42,610 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)"See, I can learn real good? I'm like, really smart".