>> Shepard: THE SPECIAL COUNSEL,
ROBERT MUELLER, IS SLAPPING
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER
STRATEGIST STEVE BANNON WITH A
SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE A
GRAND JURY.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
MUELLER TEAM IS USING A GRAND
JURY SUBPOENA TO GET INFORMATION
FROM A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S
INNER CIRCLE.
THIS COMES AS BANNON IS MEETING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GETTING WORD THAT HE'S
DETAILS IN JUST A MOMENT.
KUSHNER IN MICHAEL WOLFF'S BOOK
DIRT ON HILLARY TREASONOUS.
BANNON BACKTRACKED SAYING
TREASONOUS APPLIED TO PAUL
MANAFORT.
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK SAYS THAT
IS POPPY COCK.
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
HOPE HICKS.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND
ROBERT MUELLER ARE LOOKING INTO
RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE 2016
ELECTION.
LET'S TURN TO CHAD PERGRAM WITH
MORE.
SO THIS IS NOT A DIFFERENCE
WITHOUT A DISTINCTION.
A SUBPOENA IS QUITE A DIFFERENT
THING THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE
SEEN SO FAR, IS IT NOT?
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY SO UNIQUE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TODAY.
THEY CALLED IN STEVE BANNON.
THIS IS MOSTLY A DEMOCRATIC
WITNESS.
DEMOCRATS WANTED TO HEAR FROM
ON THE COMMITTEE TOLD ME THEY
WANTED TO CHECK A BOX.
HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS TOLD BY
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE
THAT HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT HIS
TIME WHILE HE WORKED AT THE
WHITE HOUSE OR ALSO ON THE
TRANSITION.
THIS INFURIATED MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE.
WHEN YOU COME BEFORE A
COMMITTEE, THEY WENT TO HEAR
FROM YOU.
HE WAS NOT CITING ANY LEGAL
PRECEDENT OR EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
THAT WAS CITED BY THE PRESIDENT
HOUSE'S COUNSEL'S OFFICE NOT TO
SHEP.
YOU DON'T HAVE THIS HAPPEN ANY
COMMITTEE VERY OFTEN.
ON THE SPOT, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ISSUED A SUBPOENA
FOR BOTH DOCUMENTS AND HIS
TESTIMONY.
THIS IS ALL GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW
IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
I'M TOLD AT THIS HOUR THAT HE'S
FIFTH AMENDMENT.
HE'S SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO
AND I'M TOLD THERE'S CHATTER
ABOUT THIS, THEY COULD COME
BEFORE THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND VOTE TO HOLD
STEVE BANNON IN CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT STEVE BANNON
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS ON
CAPITOL HILL THESE DAYS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THEM ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE AISLE.
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
SPECIAL ELECTION IN ALABAMA
SUPPORT.
MITCH McCONNELL WAS UPSET WITH
HIM TALKING ABOUT KIND OF TONGUE
AND CHEEK THAT THIS WAS THE
BRILLIANCE OF THIS POLITICAL
MIND, STEVE BANNON, FLIPPING A
REPUBLICAN SENATE SEAT TO
8:00 A.M. AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW
IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT.
>> Shepard: YOU SAID CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS IS A POSSIBILITY.
>> THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE
OFFICIALLY REPORTED OUT FROM THE
REPRESENTATIVES, THE REPUBLICAN
HOUSE HELD ERIC HOLDER, THE
OBAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, BASICALLY
SAID WE NEED YOU TO DO THESE
THINGS.
HE STILL DIDN'T COME AND
TESTIFY.
THEY DID PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTS
HERE AND THERE.
THERE WERE SOME CASES WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE, WITH THE BUSH
WHITE HOUSE, THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE TIME, HAIR
YESTERDAY MEYERS.
THEY WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT.
IT WAS INTERESTING IN THE BUSH
WHITE HOUSE VERSUS THE
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE INSTANCE WHERE
YOU HAD A FEDERAL JUDGE
BASICALLY SAYING, I'M NOT
GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS.
YOU HAVE ONE CO-EQUAL BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
FIGHTING WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH SO WHY SHOULD I FIGHT?
THAT WOULD PRODUCE ANOTHER
IMPASS.
>> Shepard: ONE LAST THING.
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ANY
COMMITTEE HEARING AS WELL.
>> Shepard: IF HE DOESN'T WANT
TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, IF HE
WANTS TO INVOKE THE FIFTH, HE
HAVE TYPICALLY TREATED THIS ON
CAPITOL HILL.
IF YOU GO BACK TO IRAN CONTRA,
THAT WAS THE ISSUE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH LOIS
LEARNER BEFORE THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE FORMER
IRS OFFICIAL WHERE AT ONE POINT
SHE SAID SOME THINGS BUT THEN
INVOKED THE FIFTH ON OTHERS.
YOU HAD THAT WITH OLIVER NORTH
WHERE HE ISSUED A STATEMENT AND
THEN WANTED IMMUNITY FROM
CONGRESS.
>> Shepard: WHAT ABOUT HOPE
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE'S TEAM.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAR FROM
COREY LEWANDOWSKI WEDNESDAY OR
THURSDAY HERE.
BRUCE OHR, THE FORMER FBI
OFFICIAL OR DOJ OFFICIAL.
THE QUESTION IF THIS IS THE PLAN
WITH OFFICIALS THAT USED TO WORK
AT THE WHITE HOUSE LIES STEVE
BANNON, HOW WILL COREY
LEWANDOWSKI TESTIFY BEFORE THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND HOW
WILL HOPE HICKS CURRENTLY ON
STAFF, WHAT QUESTIONS WILL SHE
BE WILLING TO ANSWER BEFORE THE