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| Trump-Russia: Steve Bannon to face grilling by House investigators | Trump-Russia: Steve Bannon to face grilling by House investigators |
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| One-time Trump confidant to testify about Trump team and Russia | One-time Trump confidant to testify about Trump team and Russia |
| Bannon told Michael Wolff Trump Tower meeting was ‘treasonous’ | Bannon told Michael Wolff Trump Tower meeting was ‘treasonous’ |
| Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House – tell-all burns all | Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House – tell-all burns all |
| Guardian staff and agencies | Guardian staff and agencies |
| Tue 16 Jan 2018 13.10 GMT | Tue 16 Jan 2018 13.10 GMT |
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| The House intelligence committee will on Tuesday question Steve Bannon, the one-time confidant to Donald Trump who has fallen spectacularly from power. | The House intelligence committee will on Tuesday question Steve Bannon, the one-time confidant to Donald Trump who has fallen spectacularly from power. |
| The House panel is speeding toward a conclusion of its interviews in its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and alleged collusion between Trump aides and Moscow. | The House panel is speeding toward a conclusion of its interviews in its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and alleged collusion between Trump aides and Moscow. |
| Bannon lost the backing of key Republican donors and his position at the hard-right Breitbart News after the publication – first reported by the Guardian – of an explosive book on the Trump White House by the journalist Michael Wolff. | Bannon lost the backing of key Republican donors and his position at the hard-right Breitbart News after the publication – first reported by the Guardian – of an explosive book on the Trump White House by the journalist Michael Wolff. |
| Three separate congressional committees are investigating Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign: the Senate judiciary and intelligence committees, and the House intelligence committee. | |
| The committees have the power to subpoena witnesses and documents. The list of witnesses to have been interviewed so far is long, and includes Donald Trump Jr and Jared Kushner, as well as lesser figures such as former adviser Carter Page; Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, which commissioned the Steele dossier; and Ben Rhodes, the former Obama adviser. | |
| The most aggressive of the three committees so far, with a reasonable appearance of bipartisanship. Republican chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina said in October that the question of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives remained open. But Burr has also said the committee was not focused on “criminal acts” but a larger picture. The committee notably heard testimony from James Comey after the former FBI director was fired. | |
| Hampered early on by partisan disagreement about the scope of its investigation, the committee has interviewed top witnesses including Donald Trump Jr and has taken a particular focus on the firing of James Comey. But the committee has deferred to Mueller in the investigation of Paul Manafort and has interviewed fewer witnesses than others. | |
| Riven by partisan conflict, the committee appears to be on track to produce two reports – one from each party. Chairman Devin Nunes recused himself from the inquiry in March after Trump tweeted that Barack Obama had "tapp[ed] my phones" and Nunes, in an apparent attempt to defend the president, revealed that some communications involving Trump aides had been intercepted by US surveillance programs. | |
| The former White House strategist and Trump campaign manager was a key source for the book, in which he was quoted as calling a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York City between Trump aides including Donald Trump Jr and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner “treasonous”, “unpatriotic” and “bad shit”. | The former White House strategist and Trump campaign manager was a key source for the book, in which he was quoted as calling a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York City between Trump aides including Donald Trump Jr and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner “treasonous”, “unpatriotic” and “bad shit”. |
| The Trump aides believed the Russians at the meeting had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president. | The Trump aides believed the Russians at the meeting had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president. |
| “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers,” Bannon is quoted as saying in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. | “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers,” Bannon is quoted as saying in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. |
| “They didn’t have any lawyers. Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” | “They didn’t have any lawyers. Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” |
| Bannon also gave a prescription for how such a meeting should have been set up and said he believed the Russians would likely have been introduced to Donald Trump. | Bannon also gave a prescription for how such a meeting should have been set up and said he believed the Russians would likely have been introduced to Donald Trump. |
| “The chance that Don Jr did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the 26th floor is zero,” he said. | “The chance that Don Jr did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the 26th floor is zero,” he said. |
| Bannon also predicted to Wolff that special counsel Robert Mueller would focus his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election on money-laundering. | Bannon also predicted to Wolff that special counsel Robert Mueller would focus his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election on money-laundering. |
| The Trump White House was “sitting on a beach trying to stop a category five” hurricane, he said, adding that Mueller’s investigators would “crack Don Jr like an egg on national TV”. | The Trump White House was “sitting on a beach trying to stop a category five” hurricane, he said, adding that Mueller’s investigators would “crack Don Jr like an egg on national TV”. |
| In the ensuing explosion of controversy, in which Wolff’s portrayal of White House aides’ doubts about Trump’s capacity for the job loomed large, Trump disavowed “Sloppy Steve” and argued there was no evidence of collusion between his presidential campaign and operatives tied to Russian president Vladimir Putin. | In the ensuing explosion of controversy, in which Wolff’s portrayal of White House aides’ doubts about Trump’s capacity for the job loomed large, Trump disavowed “Sloppy Steve” and argued there was no evidence of collusion between his presidential campaign and operatives tied to Russian president Vladimir Putin. |
| Bannon rowed back, saying his remarks about the “treasonous” meeting had only referred to Paul Manafort, his predecessor in charge of the Trump campaign who is one of four aides indicted by Mueller. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to money-laundering charges. | Bannon rowed back, saying his remarks about the “treasonous” meeting had only referred to Paul Manafort, his predecessor in charge of the Trump campaign who is one of four aides indicted by Mueller. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to money-laundering charges. |
| Bannon, who also told Wolff he knows no Russians, would not be a witness in any investigations, would not hire a lawyer and would not appear on national television answering questions, recently retained the same lawyer being used by former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus and White House general counsel Don McGahn. | Bannon, who also told Wolff he knows no Russians, would not be a witness in any investigations, would not hire a lawyer and would not appear on national television answering questions, recently retained the same lawyer being used by former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus and White House general counsel Don McGahn. |
| Bannon is scheduled to testify before the House panel on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the committee’s plans not authorized to discuss private committee deliberations and speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. | Bannon is scheduled to testify before the House panel on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the committee’s plans not authorized to discuss private committee deliberations and speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. |
| Neither Bannon nor his lawyer responded to requests by the AP for comment. | Neither Bannon nor his lawyer responded to requests by the AP for comment. |
| Russian election meddling is being investigated by Mueller, who was appointed by the justice department after Trump fired FBI director James Comey, and panels from both houses of Congress. | Russian election meddling is being investigated by Mueller, who was appointed by the justice department after Trump fired FBI director James Comey, and panels from both houses of Congress. |
| Bannon, who left the White House in August 2017, has so far avoided the scrutiny of congressional investigators, who have instead focused on trying to secure interviews with top witnesses like Manafort and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. | Bannon, who left the White House in August 2017, has so far avoided the scrutiny of congressional investigators, who have instead focused on trying to secure interviews with top witnesses like Manafort and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. |
| But Bannon played a critical role in the campaign, the presidential transition and the White House – all now under scrutiny from congressional investigators looking for evidence of a connection between Trump’s operations and Russia. | But Bannon played a critical role in the campaign, the presidential transition and the White House – all now under scrutiny from congressional investigators looking for evidence of a connection between Trump’s operations and Russia. |
| The final result of the House investigation could be marred by partisan infighting. Some committee members have discussed the probability that Republicans on the panel will issue one set of findings and the Democrats will issue their own report. | The final result of the House investigation could be marred by partisan infighting. Some committee members have discussed the probability that Republicans on the panel will issue one set of findings and the Democrats will issue their own report. |
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