Lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday voted to release the transcripts from dozens of witness interviews from the panel’s Russia probe to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) told reporters that the committee vote was by voice and bipartisan to send roughly 50 transcripts to Mueller as he continues to probe Russian interference and potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), another member of the committee, said he believed the vote was unanimous.
Mueller will now have access to nonpublic transcripts of closed-door interviews with Donald Trump Jr., Hope Hicks, Jared Kushner, Michael Cohen, Corey Lewandowski and others that were conducted when Republicans on the committee were running the Russia probe.
It will allow Mueller to compare what witnesses said about key events, such as the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump Jr., Kushner, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.
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#BREAKING: House Intel panel votes to release Russia interview transcripts to Mueller https://t.co/0TcbXRPGpn pic.twitter.com/woyD7djCP4
— The Hill (@thehill) February 6, 2019
This is important because prosecutors need an official copy of a transcript to prosecute a defendant with perjury in a proceeding. https://t.co/djr6dn3Li7
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 6, 2019
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