Washington: Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for US President Donald Trump, was interrogated for 20 hours over two days this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to a person familiar with the process.
The person, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation, said Mr Bannon answered every question that was put to him by Mueller’s team.
That’s in contrast to a Thursday interview with the House intelligence committee, where Mr Bannon declined to answer some of lawmakers’ questions, despite a subpoena.
While the exact questions for Mr Bannon are unknown, Mueller is investigating whether there was any specific coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russians who meddled in the 2016 election, and also whether there have been any efforts to obstruct the ongoing FBI probe into those contacts.
The House panel is investigating the meddling and whether Mr Trump’s campaign was involved.
