Former White House strategist, Steve Bannon, will reportedly refuse to testify before the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday despite a bipartisan congressional subpoena requiring him to appear for a probe of alleged ties between Moscow and Washington in the US 2016 presidential campaign.
Two sources familiar with the case said a day earlier that Bannon would not testify due to a lack of agreement between White House attorneys and the Intelligence Committee over the scope of the panel’s questioning.
One of the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House had not authorized Bannon to answer committee questions.
Another source said that Bannon would instead answer next week all the questions set to be asked by US Justice Department’s Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation.
The House Intelligence Committee confirmed on Tuesday it was giving Bannon another week to comply…