Russia probe complicating House hearing on threats facing US: report
The investigations into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russian election meddling has complicated the House Intelligence Committee's annual hearing on the U.S. global threat assessment, Democratic sources tell Reuters.
The sources told the news organization that Republican leaders have not moved to schedule the hearing.
The hearing would involve key leaders of the intelligence community, who would most likely be asked by Democrats about "material omissions of fact" that the FBI found in the classified memo released by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee earlier this month, which alleges surveillance abuses at the Justice Department.
None of the intelligence community directors have received invitations to the hearing, an unnamed U.S. official revealed to Reuters.
The reported dispute on the House committee is the latest sign of a divide on the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/373988-russia-probe-complicating-house-hearing-on-threats-facing-us-report
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