I figured I would update this to include John Kelly’s exact words on how Trump wasn’t involved in Bannon’s stonewalling:
“No,” White House chief of staff John Kelly said on Fox News when asked if Bannon was instructed to assert executive privilege.
“Steve has had very, very little contact with the White House since he left,” Kelly said, with the “exception of a few phone calls.”
He said “no” straight up, and then compounded the lie by saying Bannon has been distant from the WH, which is doubtful when Trump is ordering Bannon not to collaborate.