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Bannon testifies for Russia probe: 5 questions he may face

WASHINGTON — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expected to testify behind closed doors to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election

MIKA BRZEZINSKI (CO-HOST): It's an undocumented Mexican immigrant, who has called the United States his home for 30 years, deported yesterday. The emotional scene unfolded at a security gate in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport as Jorge Garcia, accompanied by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, said goodbye to his wife and two teenage children. The Detroit Free Press reports that 39-year-old Garcia was brought to the U.S. by a family member when he was ten years old, and though he was facing an order of removal, since 2009 he received stays to remain in the U.S. under the Obama administration. However, due to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, Garcia was ordered to return to Mexico last November. Garcia, who has his supporters, says he has no criminal record, pays his taxes every year, too old to qualify to stay in the U.S. under DACA, which only applies to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. born after June 15th, 1981.

JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): Two teenage children. Lived here for 30 years. Brought here when he was ten years old.

MIKE BARNICLE (MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR): That is not the United States of America. That is not the United States of America.

BRZEZINSKI: I wonder if they like these images out there, to frighten people.

BARNICLE: In addition to that, what we just saw, what you told us about, you wonder how many of these United States senators, especially people like Tom Cotton (R-AR), how many United States members of the Congress, House of Representatives, how many of them have ever been to a citizenship ceremony and watch people literally in tears of joy at becoming United States citizens?

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The move marked the first time Mr. Mueller is known to have used a grand jury subpoena to seek information from a member of Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The special counsel’s office has used subpoenas before to seek information on Mr. Trump’s associates and their possible ties to Russia or other foreign governments.

The subpoena could be a negotiating tactic. Mr. Mueller is likely to allow Mr. Bannon to forgo the grand jury appearance if he agrees to instead be questioned by investigators in the less formal setting of the special counsel’s offices in Washington, according to the person, who would not be named discussing the case. But it was not clear why Mr. Mueller treated Mr. Bannon differently than the dozen administration officials who were interviewed in the final months of last year and were never served with a subpoena.

During a meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan on Jan. 16, President Trump responded to questions about his previously reported comments on immigrants from "shithole countries," saying he wants "them to come in from everywhere."

he doesn't want to prohibit all immigrants from non-african, non-latin american countries.

I guess that is one advantage of creating new outrages everyday...