Top Dem on House Intelligence Committee Accuses Comey of Withholding Information
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, who is the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, accused FBI Director James Comey of withholding crucial information about its probe into Russian interference in the election, according to Politico.
“I would say at this point we know less than a fraction of what the FBI knows,” Schiff told reporters after a briefing with Comey.
“I appreciate we had a long briefing and testimony from the director today, but in order for us to do our investigation in a thorough and credible way, we’re gonna need the FBI to fully cooperate, to be willing to tell us the length and breadth of any counterintelligence investigations they are conducting,” Schiff said. “At this point, the director was not willing to do that.”
The briefing with the FBI comes as Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces calls from Democrats and Republicans to recuse himself – and even resign – from from an investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia
Schiff indicated that Comey and the Justice Department should be more cooperative and forthcoming at their next meeting “because we’re gonna need that information.”
“And we’re better off getting that through the voluntary cooperation of the FBI than having to contemplate whether we need to subpoena the FBI,” he said.
