Gowdy To Bannon: If You're Going To Accuse Trump Family A Crime Punishable By Death, What Is Your Evidence?

. @TGowdySC on Steve Bannon's accusation of treasonous activity from @DonaldJTrumpJr : "If you're going to accuse someone of a crime for which you can be put to death, what is your evidence of that?" pic.twitter.com/UtsA9KIXBc

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) talks to FOX News about Steve Bannon accusing Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. of treason for their infamous meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower during the campaign. Bannon later clarified that he meant Paul Manafort.



Gowdy said Bannon exerted executive privilege, a privilege that does not exist for him. He said the Trump White House should instruct Bannon "to answer the questions, Steve."



"He is happy to tell an author about treasonous, unpatriotic acts, but he won't tell members of Congress when pressed about it," Gowdy said.











Gowdy also talked about the Russian probe and said he still has not seen any evidence of collusion.





GOWDY: This is the same person who accused two of the president's family members of committing treasonous acts so of course, we're going to want to cross-examine him on what he thinks was treasonous. But if everything's off limits that's a really short conversation.



BILL HEMMER: So I take it you asked him about the treasonous comment and he did not answer it?



GOWDY: I tried to. That's the beauty of it. He answered it initially and then apparently his lawyer didn't like the fact that he answered it. So then he clammed up. That is an imminently reasonable legitimate question.



If you're going to accuse someone of a crime for which you can be put to death, what is your evidence of that? I don't know anyone who wouldn't ask that question. He started to answer it and then his lawyers got involved and that usually messes up almost everything.

Watch the full interview: