President Trump’s lawyer hoped and expected the Russian inquiry to soon finish. He had even predicted by the end of 2017.
This didn’t happen and now the inquiry had heated up. The situation had apparently reached a critical stage. It was reported that the White House had demanded the silence of those being interviewed.
Steve Bannon was now a major player in the investigation. He refused to answer any of the Intel Committee’s questions.
Since doing so he was subpoenaed, but reports indicated that he will not testify in front of a grand jury anymore.
He had agreed to talk to Mueller and therefore was no longer required to honor the subpoena.
Corey Lewandowski followed the path of Bannon, he too refused to answer questions.
Corey Lewandowski
Rep. Adam Schiff claimed that Lewandowski wasn’t cooperating.
“Yesterday he said on Fox that he would answer every question that we had. Today, however, he refused,” Schiff said. “To me it’s inconceivable that you would come to an investigative hearing on these issues unprepared to answer questions.”
“We as an investigative committee cannot allow that to become the routine, to allow witnesses to decide when and where they’re willing to answer questions,” he said. “This committee is treating witnesses differently than they treated Mr. Bannon.”
