Senator Says Comey Promised to Disclose Any FBI Trump-Russia Probe by Wednesday
Senator Says Comey Promised to Disclose Any FBI Trump-Russia Probe by Wednesday
Margaret Hartmann - Daily Intelligencer
FBI Director James Comey, who had plenty to say about Hillary Clinton’s emails during the election, infuriated the Senate Intelligence Committee in January when he refused to confirm or deny the existence of any investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. But that’s all going to change on Wednesday … if Comey honors what one senator interpreted as a promise to release more information about the FBI’s efforts by March 15.
Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse and Republican Lindsey Graham, who lead the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on crime and terrorism, have launched an investigation into Russia’s election meddling. During a private meeting with Comey on March 2, the senators asked Comey to confirm the existence of any Russia-related FBI probe. Whitehouse told CNN that Comey assured them he would confirm if an investigation exists “and the scope of their Russia/Trump investigation because he had not been able to at that point say that there was one.”
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Margaret Hartmann - Daily Intelligencer
FBI Director James Comey, who had plenty to say about Hillary Clinton’s emails during the election, infuriated the Senate Intelligence Committee in January when he refused to confirm or deny the existence of any investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. But that’s all going to change on Wednesday … if Comey honors what one senator interpreted as a promise to release more information about the FBI’s efforts by March 15.
Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse and Republican Lindsey Graham, who lead the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on crime and terrorism, have launched an investigation into Russia’s election meddling. During a private meeting with Comey on March 2, the senators asked Comey to confirm the existence of any Russia-related FBI probe. Whitehouse told CNN that Comey assured them he would confirm if an investigation exists “and the scope of their Russia/Trump investigation because he had not been able to at that point say that there was one.”
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