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The House Intelligence Committee will seek the testimony of the former British spy who authored an
The House Intelligence
Committee will seek the testimony of the former British spy who
authored an explosive dossier alleging collusion between the Trump
campaign and Russia's covert election manipulation effort, the ranking
Democrat says.
Rep. Adam Schiff of
California told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Tuesday night that he will
"certainly be requesting [Steele's] testimony."
"If there's an issue
about whether he is willing to come before the committee, I can say I am
more than willing to go to him, and I know there are other members of
the committee would join me in that," Schiff added.
"So, if it's an issue
of his not wanting to appear or to come here and face questions from the
whole committee, we more than welcome his cooperation in any manner
that he is comfortable."
Schiff added that the
committee "certainly want to get to the bottom of the details of that
dossier and report what has been substantiated, what hasn't, and find
out just how he based those conclusions..."
Also: "To whatever degree he is willing to share with us any sources of his information."
After spending weeks
in hiding, Steele reappeared this week at the London offices of his
intelligence firm, but he declined to discuss the dossier.
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