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Stephen Colbert Weighs in on the Important Debate of the Week: Did Trump Say "Shithole" or "Shithouse?"

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Danack1/17/2018 7:13:57 am PST

I think someone else posted it, but it’s worth drawing people’s attention to this bit of new about Bannon again: thedailybeast.com

But executive privilege—the president’s right to keep certain information from the public so he can have frank conversations with aides—will not keep Steve Bannon from sharing information with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, according to a person familiar with the situation.

“Mueller will hear everything Bannon has to say,” said the source, who is familiar with Bannon’s thinking.

So some speculation….

* Bannon knows at least some of the illegal activity during the campaign, and has some awareness of the illegal financial activities of Trump and Jared Kushner

* Bannon was probably smart enough to stay clear of anything that is obviously illegal, or at least keep his distance for plausible deniability.

* Bannon has never really like Jared Kushner all that much, due mostly to Bannon’s racism. Although Bannon would likely lie to feds investigating the case, if he though it would cover up anything illegal Banon had done, he’s not going to lie to cover up Jareds and Trumps crimes.

* After being fired and publically criticised by Trump, any desire to help them cover up their crimes has probably faded, and probably turned into wanting to get revenge at least on Jared.

* Bannon is probably aware of what Nunnes is guilty of….and aware that anything that he said to the intelligence committee would be passed onto Trump before Bannon had left the building.

If he does testify to Mueller that’s pretty much the start of the end. Mueller can then interview any of Jared, Trump, Nunes, or Trump’s children, and have someone who is willing to testify that they’re lying, if they tell a lie.