Steve Bannon will tell special counsel Robert Mueller 'everything': Report

Source: Washington Examiner | January 16, 2018 | Naomi Lim

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will be more forthcoming when he is interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller than he was before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday, according to a report.

Bannon informed committee members during a grueling 10-hour hearing that President Trump had invoked broad executive privilege for congressional inquiries, meaning Bannon could not answer questions as part of their investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election that pertained to any event after Election Day.

But the “gag order” as referenced by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., should not prevent Bannon from disclosing information pertinent to Mueller’s Russia probe, one source familiar with the ex-Breitbart News chairman’s thinking told the Daily Beast.

“Mueller will hear everything Bannon has to say,” the source said.

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