Warner calls reports about Trump 'very, very troubling'

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/04/warner-trump-russia-comey-239108

Warner calls reports about Trump 'very, very troubling'
By Madeline Conway
06/04/2017 10:09 AM EDT


Sen. Mark Warner declined to say Sunday whether allegations that President Donald Trump has attempted to influence the ongoing investigation into his campaign’s relationship with Russia could qualify as the obstruction of justice, if proven true, but said “it would be very, very troubling.”

“I went to law school but I'm not a practicing attorney,” Warner, the Democratic vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I'll leave that for much better attorneys than I. But clearly it would be very, very troubling if the president of the United States is interfering in investigations that … affect potentially the president and his closest associates.”

Former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump abruptly fired last month, is scheduled to testify in an open hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Trump has acknowledged that he fired him at least in part because of the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government’s suspected attempts to interfere in the election last year through cyberattacks.

Warner (D-Va.) said he plans to ask Comey, as well as Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Michael Rogers, whether Trump pressured them to downplay the Russia investigation, as has been reported in news outlets.