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- Mueller spoke with the Sens. Richard Burr and Mark Warner
- They are working on how to proceed in their parallel investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election
(CNN)Special
counsel Robert Mueller met on Capitol Hill with the leaders of the
Senate intelligence committee Wednesday afternoon, a long-awaited
connection as lawmakers and federal investigators plot a path forward on
the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Mueller
met with Senate intelligence chairman Richard Burr and Sen. Mark
Warner, the top Democrat on the committee, in a secure room.
Burr told CNN they had a "good meeting" with Mueller.
Burr
and Warner have been pressing for the meeting with Mueller since he was
first appointed a month ago. The two sides have been discussing
"deconfliction" -- or how the Senate investigation and the federal probe
will share information and not step on each others' toes.
A
major test on that front will be whether the FBI is willing to release
memos from former FBI Director James Comey of his conversations with
President Donald Trump, now that they have been provided to Mueller.
Asked
about the Comey memo, Burr said the committee got "clarity" on whether
it can obtain the document, but he would not say whether that means the
committee will receive it.
Burr
also said he didn't think they would meet in person with Mueller again,
but would be in touch if deconfliction issues arise.
"I
don't think it's necessary for us to meet (again)," Burr said. "I think
we'll be in communication personally with him on any aspects that might
bleed over from one to the other."
Director
of National Intelligence Dan Coats will meet with members of the
committee Thursday, one week after his tense grilling by the panel.
A committee source confirmed Wednesday that Coats would testify in a closed session.
Coats'
appearance comes after he promised to answer questions about whether
Trump pressured him to rebut stories about the focus of the federal
Russia probe. Coats largely declined to answer those questions in a
public hearing last week, but he said he would say more in a closed
session if he received clearance from the White House.
National
Security Agency Director Mike Rogers was on the Hill Monday for a
similar closed-door briefing with Senate Russia investigators on whether
he was pressured by Trump.
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