(CNN) The House Intelligence Committee may vote Thursday to release a transcript of Roger Stone's 2017 panel interview to special counsel Robert Mueller amid concerns raised by Democrats that the long-time Trump associate may have misled Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks, a committee member tells CNN. The move would dramatically raise the legal stakes for Stone, who has faced growing scrutiny in the special counsel investigation, and would suggest a heightened interest by federal prosecutors in one of President Donald Trump's closest allies. Several GOP members, along with Democrats, told CNN they would be willing to vote Thursday to provide the Stone transcript to MuellerThe transcript was formally requested by Mueller on Friday, T he Washington Post reported Wednesday . Schiff declined to comment to CNN, while a spokesman for the committee's current chairman, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, did not respond to a request for comment. Mueller's request is the first time the special counsel has formally asked for documents from the committee related to its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Post reports, citing people familiar with the request.

Source: CNN December 20, 2018 01:30 UTC