White House threatened with subpoena over draft letter from Trump to Comey

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A leading member of a congressional intelligence committee is threatening to subpoena the White House in order to obtain a draft letter that Donald Trump reportedly wanted to send to James Comey when he fired him as FBI chief.

The move comes amid growing questions over whether the president tried to obstruct justice and has misled people about his business interests in Russia.

Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said on Sunday it was “probably past time” that lawmakers used a subpoena to force Trump to hand over relevant documents. He also accused the president of being dishonest when he said during the election campaign that he had no business dealings with Russia.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is understood to have a copy of the letter already as part of his independent investigation into Russian attempts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election and into whether Trump has in any way obstructed justice.

Schiff has not seen the letter in question, he told CNN on Sunday.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-threatened-with-subpoena-over-draft-letter-from-trump-to-comey/ar-AArcKrk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

[greeny2323]

1. Cool

I'm happy Schiff is raising this, and it is interesting that the committee has not seen the letter. Sadly we have to depend on Republicans issuing that subpoena. Perhaps we can hope the committee can get it from the DOJ or Mueller.

[FreepFryer]

2. Also in that same interview... "the president was dishonest..."

Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday that President Donald Trump is misleading investigators and the public about his ties to Russia.

Schiff made the remarks when CNN's Dana Bash asked him about recent revelations that Trump's longtime lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, had reached out to a senior Kremlin official during the campaign about a Trump Organization venture in Russia.

In particular, he emailed Dmitry Peskov, a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, last January during the campaign requesting his "assistance" in securing a real-estate deal for a Trump Tower location in Moscow.

Schiff said the interaction was "very significant" and indicated that "the president was dishonest when he said during the campaign that he had no business in Russia, was pursuing no business in Russia."

He added that the revelation was also important because if Trump or his businesses were pursuing ventures with Russia during the campaign, "that might have influenced the positions that the candidate took in a more pro-Russia direction."

http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-schiff-house-intelligence-trump-russia-ties-2017-9