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Spicer, and mark ka rolo about don jr.'s infail miscellaneous meeting with the russians in trump tower in june 2016." we're learning that bannon's attorney bill burke was in direct contact with the white house during that house intel appearance. today the white house defended its coordination with bannon. >> there's a report today that steve bannon's attorney was relaying the questions he was asked by the senate intel committee in realtime to the white house. so my questions are, who was he relaying the questions to? is that something the white house specifically asked his attorney to do? if s...

He didn't mean it, saying it wasn't true. and it was clear why he was doing that. he had done enormous damage to his own professional standing, basically lost his job over it. so is he now continuing to try to get himself back in the good graces of the white house by maybe kicking and fussing before the congressional committees, but again, you can't do that with robert mueller. and that's going to be behind closed doors that really haven't leaked anyway. and also i would note that white house chief of staff john kelley on fox news tonight was very cold when he spoke about bannon. it was a litt...

But again, you can't do that with robert mueller. and that's going to be behind closed doors that really haven't leaked anyway. and also i would note that white house chief of staff john kelley on fox news tonight was very cold when he spoke about bannon. it was a little confusing because he said the white house had not instructed bannon to invoke executive privilege. that's a whole separate question. i thought that was very strange that kelley said that, but also said bannon has had basically no contact with the white house, doesn't talk to people there, there was no sense of a thaw. so he ma...

To the white house. my questions are, who was he relaying the questions to? is that something the white house specifically asked his attorney to do and if so, why did the white house think that was a necessary step in handling bannon's testimony. >> that are is the process that is typically followed. sometimes they have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was relayed via phone and following standard procedure. >> the question from ashley parker from "the washington post." >> cnbc added slightly more context according to a white house official. staffers for the white house ...

It's something that needs to be protected, whether it's during this administration or one 20 years from now. we want to make sure we follow the process and the precedent, and that's all that's taking place here. >> what about the allegations on the scope of that privilege? the time after and the time during the transition, it's broader than in past administrations. >> i can't speak to the details of that. i can simply talk about the process and that we're following the same process and past practice that previous administrations. >> and are there categories -- >> again, i can't get into the de...