Bannon is reportedly ready to tell all to Mueller

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is ready to spill his guts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a person familiar with his thinking told The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff on Tuesday.

During a lengthy closed-door session with the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Bannon invoked executive privilege, telling lawmakers he couldn't answer their questions about anything he was involved with after the election because he'd been advised not to by the White House. This was essentially a "gag order from the White House," the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), said after the hearing. Bannon was subpoenaed on the spot, but he continued to refuse to answer questions about conversations he had and events he attended. "This witness is not an executive," Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) told reporters. "There were questions that we asked that were not answered and we are going to resolve the issues to get the answers."

The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that last week, Bannon received a grand jury subpoena from Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Bannon's ready to share what he knows with the special counsel, Woodruff writes, with his associate telling her, "Mueller will hear everything Bannon has to say."

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