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Executive privilege. so is he defying a congressional subpoena? >> reporter: he sure is. and bannons attorney has made it clear bannon is defying the committee at the direction of former president trump, who doesnt want any of his former aides to cooperate, citing executive privilege. even though bannon would be asked about things that happened long after he left the white house. he almost certainly will face a contempt of congress citation, and it could result in up to a year in jail. >> jon, t...

Doesnt necessarily change things. is that something you heard? how did you interpret it? >> ongoing theme. to be clear bannon had a fondness for donald trump but cant say -- almost paternal role to donald trump. >> like he saw himself above -- >> one of the first things -- saw himself in control of donald trump or the situation. >> interesting. >> consistent theme that donald -- the president, called him donald or mr. trump occasionally -- doesnt have the patience to go through details. laughed ...

Started out talking about -- they were building the cabinet together. and one of the things they started talking about, imminent subject right then, rudy giuliani and his disappointment over not being named secretary of state. ailes is so funny, you know what, sort of casual, just tell rudy, get him photographed once or twice coming out of air force one and rudy is all good. then started talking about john -- >> sorry, other questions to talk to you about. roger ailes says i wouldnt give donald ...

Posed as steve bannon is really not a surprise. breitbart front and center on their page today is continuing to do the same thing. they are -- theyre pushing the mcconnell contradiction story. theyre pushing that president trump flip-flopped with regard to afghanistan. theyre continuing to do what theyre going to do. the story just shows that. >> are you concerned, though, if you read the story, i feel like, maybe somebody can tell me they read it differently, to me, its clear bannon has been tr...

Side talking about issues like trade. these are just policy disagreements. its clear bannon was not at the white house press conference today and the more digging and phone calls we made, it was pretty clear that was not the whole story. >> brass tax politics here. steve bannon is important to the base, especially that new nationalist wing. it could be argued a president at 35% as reached the hard deck, is at his base so you dont remove steve bannon, but if these reports are true that jared kush...

Point. bannon folks said these are natural disagreements. bannon sort of economic nationalism on one side and the new york capitalists, the goldman sachs, and on the other side talking about issues like trade. these are just policy d disagreeme disagreements. its clear bannon was not at the white house press conference today and the more digging and phone calls we made, it was pretty clear that was not the whole story. >> brass tax politics here. steve bannon is important to the base, especially...

Continues to wage this war against the establishment. well have to see how it plays out. >> and carol lee, the white house has got to be completely rattled by this, all of these disclosures, its hard to know what is actually fact and what isnt, a lot in quotations. there is going to be more to come from michael wolff as he explains the process that he used. but its clear bannon gave him access to the president. he did have one conversation that we know of, perhaps more, with the president himsel...