Now that he’s been cut loose by the Mercers and the WH, Steve Bannon must be more worried about being folded into the obstruction of justice charges. He certainly doesn’t need more revelations other than the ones already out, especially to a Congressional committee.
More interesting are the multiple Mueller interactions, since Bannon should be smart enough to cut his own deal to minimize damage if/when the real #TrumpRussia materials corroborated by the IC emerge.
“He refused to answer almost all the questions,” Adam Schiff of California, the panel’s top Democrat, told reporters. “The breadth of that claim of executive privilege is breathtaking and unsupportable and, indeed, at times, it was laughable.”
Schiff said that Bannon only agreed to answer 25 yes-or-no questions that had been written by the White House.
“There’s often a tendency for observers to think that Trump is just out of control,” Posner told me. “This [Vanity Fair interview] gave more of an impression of him being instrumentally rational in getting what he wants. The more you think that Trump is acting pursuant to a clear plan in his mind to protect himself and his family from these investigations, the more you’ll think that it’s obstruction of justice.”
“He didn’t just scream at people and leave it at that,” Posner added of Trump. “He did all kinds of things over many months to try to derail the investigation. In a few cases he was deterred by his aides. But in many cases he was able to act. That strengthens the argument that he acted, as the law requires, with improper purpose or corrupt intent. It means he intended to block this investigation because it threatened him politically.”
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