RUSSIAN INQUIRY TO CALL IN POLL BOSS
THE scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media “trolls” were connected to Mr Trump’s election efforts.
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to question former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and will subpoena him if necessary, according to the panel’s Republican chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
He said he and the committee’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, have agreed to try to bring Mr Manafort before the panel for questioning about the government’s enforcement of a law requiring registration of foreign lobbyists.
Mr Manafort would certainly also be asked about his participation in a Trump Tower meeting last June with President Donald Trump’s eldest son and son-in-law, where the purpose was to hear potentially damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian lawyer.