The Justice Department is trying to prevent two former members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team from testifying behind closed doors as Mueller prepares for a public appearance before lawmakers next week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
A person familiar with the matter told Reuters the former Mueller team members were in negotiations to testify before the two panels behind closed doors.
Mueller is to testify in open session before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 17.
The Judiciary Committee will meet privately later on Wednesday to discuss details of conducting the Mueller hearing and his aides' testimony, Democrats on the panel said.
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, who leads the intelligence panel, said he expected the special counsel's office to live up to the agreements for Mueller and his aides to testify.
Mueller issued a report in April that found Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and that Republican President Donald Trump's campaign team had multiple contacts with Russian officials.
Trump has regularly denounced the Mueller investigation and related probes as politically motivated and did so again in a Twitter post on Wednesday by saying, "The Dems Witch Hunt continues!".
http://news.trust.org/item/20190710121520-m0c2e
A person familiar with the matter told Reuters the former Mueller team members were in negotiations to testify before the two panels behind closed doors.
Mueller is to testify in open session before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 17.
The Judiciary Committee will meet privately later on Wednesday to discuss details of conducting the Mueller hearing and his aides' testimony, Democrats on the panel said.
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, who leads the intelligence panel, said he expected the special counsel's office to live up to the agreements for Mueller and his aides to testify.
Mueller issued a report in April that found Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and that Republican President Donald Trump's campaign team had multiple contacts with Russian officials.
Trump has regularly denounced the Mueller investigation and related probes as politically motivated and did so again in a Twitter post on Wednesday by saying, "The Dems Witch Hunt continues!".
http://news.trust.org/item/20190710121520-m0c2e
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