Devin Nunes
The first public hearing in connection with the investigation of alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election will be conducted by the special Committee on intelligence of the house of representatives of the us Congress on March 20. As reported on Wednesday, March 8, “Interfax”, this was announced by its Chairman Devin Nunes.
“Today we would like to announce that at 10 am (18.00 GMT) on 20 March, Monday, will be held the first public hearings”, — quotes its words Agency.
Also at the hearing will discuss relations with Russia, which are attributed to the President of the United States Donald Trump and members of his team.
However, Nunez noted that the Committee has no evidence that Moscow has “helped to elect Donald trump President.” “I don’t think so and what evidence of this exists. But we are in the framework of its own investigations want to know if there is any information that points to it,” he said.
According to him, the meeting will involve “people with information” that is useful to the investigation. At the hearing, invited the current Director of the FBI James Comey, NSA and Mike Rogers, and former head of the CIA, John Brennan, DCS James clapper and attorney General Sally Yates. The Congressman said that the guest list may change.
Earlier, us lawmakers announced the initiation of an investigation into cyber attacks committed during the presidential election campaign against American political organizations, the responsibility for them, the US impose on Russia. Because of data charges at the end of December 2016, the Obama administration imposed sanctions against the FSB, the Department of the General staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and several Russian organizations.
January 6 was published declassified version of the report prepared by the CIA, FBI and NSA, in which he argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered to organize a campaign in order to influence the political process in the United States and to discredit the presidential candidate of the Democrats, Hillary Clinton, to win Republican Donald trump.
Moscow consistently denies involvement in kianaraylenem.