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Senators preview plans for James Comey hearing as suspense builds
Source: The Guardian
Senators preview plans for James Comey hearing as suspense builds
Democrat Mark Warner says intelligence committee will discuss
contacts apparently not yet ‘fully revealed’ between Trump aides
and Russia
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 4 June 2017 17.49 BST
Two members of the Senate committee that will interrogate James Comey this week have previewed their questions for the former FBI director, saying they intend to ask him in detail about his interactions with Donald Trump and about the activities of Trump associates including Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.
The Democratic senator Mark Warner said the intelligence committee hearing on Thursday would include discussion of contacts “I don’t think that have been fully revealed” between Russian operatives and Trump associates.
An air of historic suspense has been building in Washington in anticipation of Comey’s testimony. It will be the first time Comey has spoken publicly since he was fired by Trump a month ago.
The firing of Comey was followed by a flood of leaks from the executive branch pertaining to an FBI investigation, which Comey had been overseeing, of possible collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian operatives, and other matters.
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Democrat Mark Warner says intelligence committee will discuss
contacts apparently not yet ‘fully revealed’ between Trump aides
and Russia
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 4 June 2017 17.49 BST
Two members of the Senate committee that will interrogate James Comey this week have previewed their questions for the former FBI director, saying they intend to ask him in detail about his interactions with Donald Trump and about the activities of Trump associates including Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.
The Democratic senator Mark Warner said the intelligence committee hearing on Thursday would include discussion of contacts “I don’t think that have been fully revealed” between Russian operatives and Trump associates.
An air of historic suspense has been building in Washington in anticipation of Comey’s testimony. It will be the first time Comey has spoken publicly since he was fired by Trump a month ago.
The firing of Comey was followed by a flood of leaks from the executive branch pertaining to an FBI investigation, which Comey had been overseeing, of possible collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian operatives, and other matters.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/04/james-comey-senate-hearing-trump-russia