House panel asks Trump ex-top aide Bannon to testify: Bloomberg

[December 23, 2017]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist and a former chief campaign aide to Donald Trump, has been asked to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence panel next month, Bloomberg News reported.

 Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a campaign event for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo

Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager, was also asked to testify in early January, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing an official familiar with the committee's schedule.

Representatives for the committee did not immediately respond to inquiries for comment. The panel is probing alleged Russian meddling into the 2016 U.S. election.

(Additional reporting by Mark Hosenball; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Susan Heavey and Jeffrey Benkoe)

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