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Author wolff, but wouldn't talk to congress. >> executive privilege is very limited before the grand jury. so bannon has worked out this deal, he will first have a sit-down with mueller. it won't be in front of the grand jury, but it's still a crime, and he still goes to jail if he lies. mueller will say look, dude, it's not your choice. you have to answer every question that i ask you. and again, bannon's a dream witness for mueller. bannon is reportedly like amarosa had this tape recorder, well bannon is better because he was there during all the moments they want to know about. >> you broug...

Incredibly forthcoming. he didn't refuse to answer questions, and so lawmakers are probably rightfully asking, why is it that a current white house official can answer questions about his entire tenure and a former white house official can't answer questions about anything at all. >> they're also asking, why did you give all those quotes on the record to a book? i don't want to dwell on steve bannon's assessment, but this tells you everything you want to do about the mood. peter king, a member of the house committee, said he might impart a contempt citation as he said, quote, i have contempt f...

In conversations not had with the president which of course are protected by executive privilege would be somehow an excuse not to testify before congress. quite apart from the fact that it won't surprise you to know there was a copy or two of the famous book, fire and fury, in the room. steve bannon is talking to great excess to the detriment of his own career to mr. wolff, but refusing to testify to congress. it was a bizarre moment to say the least. >> for those of us who are lay people and not lawyers, how do you play this and how do you thread this? there must be some of you angry enough ...

You're viewers know, has burned every bridge he has. is perfectly willing to say everything. and as you guys know, he saw a lot, heard a lot and knows a lot. and now we know he's willing to say a lot. >> and bob costa, i'm sure you were hearing the same thing i was hearing, even before news started to break in the "times" and other papers. that jared kushner had ties with certain russian interests that he didn't report. steve bannon was going around bragging that kushner was going to be taken down by russia. so obviously he had inside information that even the media didn't have for some time. ...

Steve bannon told the house intelligence committee that he discussed the meetings with sean spicer, reince priebus, and with legal spokesman mark carralo. bannon has agreed to be interviewed by federal prosecutors and for now avoid the grand jury. why might this be significant? >> one, the simple point that bannon refused to answer any other questions about his time in the white house but he did answer, whether it was a slip-up or not about, the trump tower meeting. in the wolff book, banning described the meeting as treasonous. and then we know the trump tower