Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump Schiff discussed the potential for a Bannon interview on the same day he summed up the status of the probe. ‘Voluntary interview’ Bannon, who hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing in the Russia inquiry, was initially invited by the committee in a letter last month. During the presidential campaign, Bannon was also a liaison to its data-analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica. The White House is threatening legal action against former Trump strategist Steve Bannon. As of Thursday, he said, the House committee had interviewed 53 witnesses, fewer than half of the number interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is conducting its own Russia probe.

Source: thestar January 12, 2018 16:31 UTC