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Ahead of Intelligence Committee Hearing on Russia, Trump Protests ‘Fake News’ Ahead of Intelligence Committee Hearing on Russia, Trump Protests ‘Fake News’
(about 1 hour later)
■ The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will convene on Monday the first public hearing on Russia’s efforts to influence the election.■ The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will convene on Monday the first public hearing on Russia’s efforts to influence the election.
■ The hearing’s featured witnesses: the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency.■ The hearing’s featured witnesses: the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency.
■ Also on the docket: Is there any evidence for President Trump’s assertion that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign.■ Also on the docket: Is there any evidence for President Trump’s assertion that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign.
With the House intelligence committee set for the first public hearing on Russian election meddling, the president is posting his protests on Twitter — again.With the House intelligence committee set for the first public hearing on Russian election meddling, the president is posting his protests on Twitter — again.
The search for the real “leaker” is likely to be part of the questioning of the F.B.I. director, since Representative Devin Nunes of California, chairman of the intelligence committee and a Trump ally, has seconded the president’s opinion.The search for the real “leaker” is likely to be part of the questioning of the F.B.I. director, since Representative Devin Nunes of California, chairman of the intelligence committee and a Trump ally, has seconded the president’s opinion.
But the committee’s ranking Democrat, Adam B. Schiff of California, asserted on Sunday that there was circumstantial evidence of collusion between Russian intelligence and Trump associates during the campaign. So protest as he might, Mr. Trump is not going to head off that line of questioning.But the committee’s ranking Democrat, Adam B. Schiff of California, asserted on Sunday that there was circumstantial evidence of collusion between Russian intelligence and Trump associates during the campaign. So protest as he might, Mr. Trump is not going to head off that line of questioning.
None of that is sitting well with the president of the United States. In a later offering, he went back to an oldie but goodie: Hillary Clinton.
■ Will Mr. Comey say definitively what he wanted the Justice Department to say for him, that Trump Tower was not wiretapped during the presidential campaign?
■ How hard will Republicans push Mr. Trump’s effort to unmask the leakers bringing Russia news to the media and thus to the public?
■ Will Democrats divert attention from the central issue of Russian election interference to demand a public explanation from Mr. Comey for why he publicly chastised Hillary Clinton for her handling of emails on her private server while keeping the Russia investigation hush-hush?
While the president tweets, lawmakers from his own party are pleading with him to apologize for saying he was wiretapped — and move on.While the president tweets, lawmakers from his own party are pleading with him to apologize for saying he was wiretapped — and move on.
The latest was Representative Will Hurd of Texas, a former intelligence officer, appearing on ABC.The latest was Representative Will Hurd of Texas, a former intelligence officer, appearing on ABC.
It’s not as if Mr. Trump has nothing else to concern himself with. Beyond the intelligence committee, his nominee to the Supreme Court, Neil M. Gorsuch, begins his confirmation hearings on Monday; and as early as Thursday, the House will vote on its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The fate of that effort will go a long way to determine the rest of Mr. Trump’s bold legislative agenda.It’s not as if Mr. Trump has nothing else to concern himself with. Beyond the intelligence committee, his nominee to the Supreme Court, Neil M. Gorsuch, begins his confirmation hearings on Monday; and as early as Thursday, the House will vote on its bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The fate of that effort will go a long way to determine the rest of Mr. Trump’s bold legislative agenda.