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Breaking from NBC News: Robert Mueller's subpoena to Steve Bannon was designed to block Bannon from giving congressional testimony.
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Assuming for a moment that this news is true, is Rachel implying that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee frantically subpoenaed Bannon in mid-testimony (having never done that before in their Trump-Russia probe) in order to *mess up* Bannon's testimony for Mueller?
Here's why that matters: Nunes is a Trump agent—period. If Nunes suddenly had a desperate need to "get to the truth" by subpoenaing Bannon, and if the White House knew what Bannon was being asked, this looks a lot like Trump ordering Nunes to muddy Bannon as a Mueller witness.