Trump's inner circle escapes televised grillings on Russia
Coward actions by the Republicans.
Trump's inner circle escapes televised grillings on Russia
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/10/trump-inner-circle-russia-hearings-329900
Despite Steve Bannon's claim that Donald Jr. would crack 'like an egg' in congressional testimony, no top Trump associates have been questioned before a national audience.
By JOSH MEYER
01/10/2018 05:09 AM EST
Donald Trump Jr. is pictured. | Gety Images
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she wanted Donald Trump Jr. to testify in public “come hell or high water” on possible nefarious collaborations between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.
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Among the most memorable quotes from a new tell-all book about the Trump White House is Steve Bannon’s prediction that President Donald Trump’s oldest son would be hauled before Congress and grilled on live television about his contacts with Russians.
“They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” Trump’s former political guru told Michael Wolff in his explosive new book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
But frustrated Democrats now say they’ve all but given up on their past vows to question the younger Trump before a national audience. The same goes for several other key Trump insiders whom, Democrats complain, Republicans have hidden from the klieg lights in order to protect the president.
Despite lawmakers’ pledges last year that other top Trump associates would also be questioned in open hearings before the cameras, none have done so — and, given talk among congressional Republicans of wrapping up their investigations, it looks increasingly likely they will not. ....................................
