CIA director interviewed in special counsel's Russia probe: NBC

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#POLITICS JANUARY 24, 2018 / 6:37 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

CIA director interviewed in special counsel's Russia probe: NBC

Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director Mike Pompeo has been questioned by the special counsel’s office investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible collusion with President Donald Trump’s campaign, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

The report comes one day after the Justice Department said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week, a significant step in an inquiry that has overshadowed Trump’s first year in office.

Mueller’s office also interviewed former FBI Director James Comey shortly after Trump fired Comey in May 2017, a person familiar with the matter has told Reuters. The firing led to Mueller’s appointment to take over the FBI’s Russia investigation.

Comey’s dismissal is central to the question of whether Trump may have committed obstruction of justice related to the Russia investigation.

NBC, citing people familiar with the inquiry, did not say when the interview with Pompeo occurred but said one person familiar with the inquiry called him a “peripheral witnesses” to Comey’s firing.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-cia/cia-director-interviewed-in-special-counsels-russia-probe-nbc-idUSKBN1FD1G2

[NightWatcher]

1. Mueller's wrapping this thing up and getting the senior guys' lies on record.

He knows the truth and wants to see who'll admit it and who will lie about it.

[lagomorph777]

2. Bingo. As a good prosecutor, he almost always knows the answers before asking.

[kentuck]

3. Pompeo kisses Trump's ass.

He is not a worthy witness.