fur furry where bannon is quoted on multiple occasions in the book he called trump tower meetings with donald trump jr. treasonous and a number of other accusations against members of the campaign and close confidantes to president trump that are now obviously the subject of great interest for the house intel committee and also for special counsel robert mueller. so those are definitely some of the issues that they re going to want to grill bannon on to see to what extent, you know, he knew about these issues and whether or not they are treasonous as he alleges them to be. so those are the answers they re trying to get, but from what adam schiff said earlier, it doesn t sound like they got a lot of answers so far. matthew, as i said earlier, gates is one of the lesser known names in all of this, just by sheer lack of exposure. remind us, if you can, why he s an important player in all this. right. he was something of a deputy to
sup ple supplemental questionnaire obtained z by nbc news, white house officials are actually asked if they are vulnerable to blackmail. it reads in part, quote, with as much detail as possible, please provide any other information, including information about other members of your family, which could suggest a conflict of interest, be a possible source of embarrassment or be used to coerce or blackmail you. that s a change. let s bring in our lead off panel on a busy thursday night. meika, an attorney, matthew nusbuam, white house reporter and vivian solama political reporter for nbc news. meika, based on what we know of publically, what do you make of bannon s testimony before your