Article snippet: MORE (R-N.C.), who came under fire from fellow Republicans for demanding the testimony. Trump Jr. struck the deal Tuesday to interview with the panel next month for between two and four hours. The committee had originally a set a 5 p.m. deadline on Monday for him to respond. Questions about the Trump Tower project in Moscow and the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya are fair game, according to a source who was briefed on the deal. Another source said the committee outlined 10 topics it hoped to discuss with Trump Jr., but the scope of the interview was negotiated down to six topics. The two sides also agreed this would be Trump Jr.’s last appearance before the committee. The agreement ends a tense standoff that divided Republican lawmakers for the past week. MORE failed to find evidence of conspiracy between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. The intense pressure raised questions about whether Burr would back down. Burr’s committee has been negotiating with Trump Jr. since December to appear for a second time to answer questions. The first time, Trump Jr. only answered questions from committee staff. Trump Jr. initially agreed to testify to the committee in March but then backed out and rescheduled his appearance for April, according to a briefing that Burr gave to Senate GOP colleagues last week. When Trump Jr. again broke his agreement to appear before the committee last month, the Intelligence... Link to the full article to read more
Trump Jr. reaches deal to testify with Senate Intelligence | TheHill
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