Democrats on two Senate panels are demanding to hold public hearings with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner in a fight that could determine whether any of the congressional Russia probes come to a bipartisan outcome. Special counsel Robert Mueller — who’s running a separate investigation into Russia’s meddling in the campaign and whether anyone close to Trump colluded in it — is also looking into the Trump Tower meeting. Mueller’s team met with Kushner last year to discuss a limited set of questions, but they haven’t interviewed Trump Jr. Grassley, the Judiciary chairman, has said that he intends to make his committee’s transcripts public soon. I hope this means Chairman Grassley will move forward with public hearings for Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner, which we agreed to pursue last year,” she said in a statement.

Source: thestar February 07, 2018 14:37 UTC