“There needs to be a more aggressive whole-of-government approach in terms of protecting our electoral system,” Mr. Warner said. Mr. Burr and Mr. Warner sought to inspire confidence on Wednesday that the committee remained on course to do so. Mr. Burr said any questions of criminal acts were best left to the Justice Department’s special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. Mr. Burr said they had thus far been unable to get traction on the so-called Steele dossier, a series of memos with sensational claims about Mr. Trump and Russia. The company briefed congressional investigators last week, but Mr. Warner characterized its internal investigation of the issue as derivative and disappointing.

Source: New York Times October 04, 2017 17:15 UTC