‘bannon, who called a meeting in trump tower, «the betrayal» testify «Russian intervention»

‘bannon, who called a meeting in trump tower, «the betrayal» testify «Russian intervention»

Last week, special Prosecutor Robert Mueller called the former chief strategist of the President, Stephen Bannon, to testify before a Grand jury in the investigation of the Association of the team trump and Russia.

On this edition of the New York Times reported a source familiar with the case.

‘bannon, who called a meeting in trump tower, «the betrayal» testify «Russian intervention»

Spectacular first sent a summons for information from a member of the inner circle of the trump. Most likely, this suggests that’bannon personally is not a target of the investigation.

Some legal experts said that court summons could be a sign that the investigation intensified, while others believe that it could just be a negotiating tactic to convince the’bannon to cooperate with the investigation.

Today, 16 Jan, a former ally of the President testified behind closed doors before the house Committee that is also investigating the interference of Russia in the 2016 elections. The details of the meeting have not yet been reported.

These events followed a mini-scandal, which this month hit’bannon and trump.

It all started with the fact that publicized the book «Fire and fury» author Michael Wolff posted a quote’bannon that the eldest son of the head of state , Donald trump Jr., son of the President and senior adviser Jared Kushner and head of the electoral campaign by Paul Manafort have behaved «treacherously» and «unpatriotic», meeting with the Russians in the trump tower.

After that, Mr. trump publicly ridiculed Bannon and threatened to sue him for libel. Although the former representative of the trump said that his words were incorrectly stated, he soon resigned as head of the propaganda edition of Breitbart News.

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