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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Bannon arrives to testify in Congress in wake of explosive book on Trump
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer White House strategist Steve Bannon is expected to be peppered with questions on the Trump campaign’s links to Russia in closed testimony to the House Intelligence Committee today.
Bannon, who has been mostly quiet since the release of an incendiary book about US President Donald Trump in which he figured prominently as a source, was seen arriving in Congress for the hearing.
His insider role during the Trump election campaign and in the White House could provide crucial details to the committee, which is seeking to understand the extent of contact between Trump and his advisors and Russia, which is accused of interfering with the 2016 election.
It come after the release of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” by Michael Wolff, who notably quotes Bannon as saying a pre-election meeting involving Trump’s eldest son Donald Jr. and a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer was “treasonous.”
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.