Article snippet: The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon Tuesday after members said he refused to answer questions about his time in the Trump White House and on the Trump transition team during a roughly ten-hour-long interview behind closed doors. Later Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News that Bannon had been subpoenaed to appear before Robert Mueller's grand jury. The source familiar with the matter said the White House had instructed Bannon not to answer questions about his time during the transition and the White House unless and until the committee and the White House can reach agreement on the proper scope of questioning in light of executive privilege concerns. “The scope of this assertion of privilege, if that's what it is, is breathtaking. It goes well beyond anything that we've seen in this investigation,” Schiff said. “This was effectively a gag order by the White House preventing this witness from answering almost any question." In a statement to ABC News, Bannon attorney William Burck said, "Executive privilege belongs to the President of the United States. It’s not Mr. Bannon’s right to waive it.” Earlier Tuesday, when asked whether the White House had told Bannon not to answer certain questions, press secretary Sarah Sanders responded, "No one has encouraged him to be anything but transparent. But there is a process of what that looks like and what that process should g... Link to the full article to read more