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Trump Jr. to speak with Senate panel
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s oldest son was expected to meet privately on Thursday with a Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, several senators said.
Donald Trump Jr.’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee will probably focus on a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer and others during the final stretches of last year’s campaign. Emails show that Trump Jr. was told the session at Trump Tower in New York was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father, the Republican nominee.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating that meeting, also attended by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
A grand jury has heard testimony about it.
Trump Jr. has also agreed to appear in the coming weeks before the Senate intelligence committee, which is conducting its own investigation.
Separately, former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, met Wednesday with the House intelligence committee, according to a person familiar with the interview.
That committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department and the FBI for documents related to a dossier of salacious allegations involving Trump and possible ties to Russia.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department is reviewing subpoenas from the House intelligence committee.
In a letter Friday, the committee wrote that it had served subpoenas Aug. 24 to the department and the FBI for documents related to the committee’s investigation of Russian meddling. The Sept. 1 deadline was extended to Sept. 14.