Steve Bannon’s ‘Consigliere’ Talks

Alexandra Preate, a longtime aide and spokesperson for former President Donald Trump’s ex-chief strategist Steve Bannon, was interviewed Tuesday by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Preate’s interview comes as the committee is preparing to hold public hearings about its investigation.

Bannon, who has had an infamously tempestuous relationship with Trump, worked as one of the former’s president’s top strategists during both the 2016 campaign and in the White House. The committee has previously expressed interest in Bannon’s involvement in a “war room” at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington D.C., where Trump allies strategized ways to fight the 2020 election. Last November, Bannon was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with the committee’s requests for documents and testimony…

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