Schiff: Yates Was Planning To Testify On Flynn ‘Cover Up’ At Canceled Hearing
The ranking Democrat on the House Intel Committee Adam Schiff said Tuesday that former acting attorney general Sally Yates was planning to testify about Michael Flynn at today’s now-canceled committee hearing.
“Today’s hearing would also have provided the opportunity for former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify about the events leading up to former National Security Advisor Flynn’s firing, including his attempts to cover up his secret conversations with the Russian Ambassador,” Schiff said in a statement.
“We would urge that the open hearing be rescheduled without further delay, and that Ms. Yates be permitted to testify freely and openly so that the public may understand, among other matters, when the president was informed that his national security advisor had misled the vice president and through him, the country, and why the president waited as long as he did to fire Mr. Flynn,” Schiff added.
Intelligence Committee chairman Congressman Devin Nunes abruptly canceled the hearing.
The statement from Schiff comes after a Washington Post report indicating that the White House sought to prevent Yates from testifying before the committee.
