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Congressional Russia investigations: A look at where they stand - ABC News

posted onJuly 15, 2017
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Article snippet: This week’s revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s emails and meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, which the latter allegedly secured by having an interlocutor float the promise of incriminating information about Hillary Clinton, brought a renewed public focus on the congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Here’s a look at where those inquiries stand: The House panel is interviewing former Donald Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo behind closed doors today, a meeting that was scheduled weeks ago. Caputo has also been in touch with the FBI. Meanwhile, Brad Parscale, the Trump campaign’s digital media director and now part of the pro-Trump super PAC America First Strategies, also announced Friday that he would testify before the committee but insisted that he was unaware of any Russian involvement in his operations during the campaign. In terms of the Trump Jr. news, Ranking Member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., earlier this week called his contacts with Russians “very significant and deeply disturbing” and renewed his calls to speak to everyone connected to the meeting. The chairman, Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, said repeatedly during a press scrum Wednesday, “We’ll pursue the leads that need to be pursued.” Staff on the Senate panel, led by Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., began interviewing Trump officials this week. Warner said Thursday that the committ... Link to the full article to read more

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