Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Thursday complied with a subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee, but lawmakers may move to hold him in contempt for his refusal to answer questions from both Democrats and Republicans.

Bannon faced a deadline to comply with a subpoena last week, but when he failed to show up for the closed-door interview, the Republican-led committee extended it until this week.

Bannon showed up for the Thursday hearing, but according to Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, Bannon "did not answer all the questions we'd like answered."

Bannon was only allowed to answer 25 questions, Conaway said, and "he would not go beyond those questions."

Both Conaway and Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee’s top Democrat, said the committee plans to hold Bannon in contempt.

"We have further steps to take, and we'll be taking those," Conaway said, calling contempt "a big deal" and saying he would be having a conversation with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., about it.

“I think the next step for the Congress to take is to initiate contempt proceedings," Schiff said later.

Bannon simply answered "no" to all 25 questions while asserting executive privilege, Schiff said.

"He refused to answer almost all of the questions. He asserted that he had been instructed by the White House to assert executive privilege on behalf of the president," Schiff said. "The only questions he would answer were questions that had been scripted, literally scripted for him by the White House."

Schiff called the claim of executive privilege by Bannon "insupportable, and indeed, at times, it was laughable."

Bannon first met with the committee in January as part of its broad investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 president election. At that hearing, he refused to answer questions about his time with the Trump campaign and the transition, as well as about his time with the administration. Bannon's lawyer communicated with the White House in real time about what questions he should or should not answer.

Arriving Thursday, Bannon avoided cameras and dodged questions, saying simply, “It’s a fine Navy day!”

Bannon is a former naval officer. In naval parlance, "a fine Navy day" is often used ironically to express anything but.