The Senate panel will use ‘subpoenas if necessary’ to secure testimony from Obama administration officials as well as Trump’s team, Richard Burr and Mark Warner said.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said late Friday that his committee would investigate possible contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, reversing himself one day after telling reporters that the issue would be outside of his panel’s ongoing probe into Moscow’s election-disruption efforts.
Burr and the intelligence panel’s top Democrat, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, said in a joint statement that the committee’s probe would touch on “intelligence regarding links between Russia and individuals associated with political campaigns” as well as Russian cyberattacks and other election meddling outlined in an intelligence report released last week.
The committee will use “subpoenas if necessary” to secure testimony from Obama administration officials as well as Trump’s team, Burr and Warner said.
The bipartisan Senate announcement came hours after several House Democrats aired their frustrations with FBI Director James Comey following a classified briefing on Russian election disruption. The Democrats were livid that Comey declined to confirm whether he is conducting an inquiry into potential Trump ties to Russia, The Guardian reported — a question that he publicly declined to answer earlier this week.
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The Senate Intel Cmte has just announced a bipartisan inquiry into Russia's intelligence activities: pic.twitter.com/ZEqav79y5k
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 13, 2017
So Trump will enter the White House under Senate investigation. For espionage.
Get the inauguration party started!https://t.co/IEeWBSL94O
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 14, 2017
Russian GRU general who recruited FLYNN to teach GRU suddenly died in Moscow recently! cc @20committee pic.twitter.com/8eJYZkqNNl
— Jack (@JackArmada) January 14, 2017
I've chatted with more than a half-dozen intel services about Trump. All have pieces of an ugly puzzle. Devastating.https://t.co/vv6NLIrspj
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 14, 2017
While Trump screams about *a* dossier, intel agencies around the world are sharing *many* dossiers about his dirt. https://t.co/JumhM1cR3F pic.twitter.com/qX7l7VtsSG
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 14, 2017
Usual Trump MO in action: Kremlin wolves are circling. Create stupid fight — civil rights icon on MLK WE? Perfect! Dodge with MSM frenzy.
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 14, 2017
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