Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly met with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators multiple times over the past week.
Two sources told NBC News that Bannon was interview by Mueller’s team for nearly 20 hours spread over multiple days.
Mueller’s team are investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election as well as potential ties between President Trump and Russia.
The former chief strategist was subpoenaed by Mueller last month and reportedly made a deal with the special counsel to not testify before a grand jury.
Bannon made an appearance before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday and refused to answer questions that weren’t pre-approved by the White House, lawmakers said afterward.
“The only questions he would answer were questions that had been scripted, literally scripted, for him by the White House. A set of 25 questions that had been written out for him to which the answer to each must be ‘no,'” Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the top Democrat on the committee, said.
Rep. Mike Conaway (Texas), the Republican leading the committee’s Rusia investigation, said after the interview that the committee would examine what further steps they could take to compel Bannon to answer questions.
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JUST IN: Bannon was interviewed by Mueller twice in the past week: report https://t.co/Fe4kIc7xoR pic.twitter.com/1E9TU0dxxq
— The Hill (@thehill) February 15, 2018
NEW: Steve Bannon has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller over multiple days this week, @NBCNews has learned from two sources familiar with the proceedings. https://t.co/ugRfI2M96F
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 15, 2018
Source familiar with the process tells AP that Bannon 'answered every question that was put to him by Mueller’s team.'https://t.co/ySNDdybO26
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 16, 2018
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