“I greatly appreciate the seriousness with which the special counsel takes lying to Congress,” Representative Adam Schiff said.
Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff has said that the House Intelligence Committee, which he chairs, will send transcripts of its previous questioning of Donald Trump Jr. to special counsel Robert Mueller so he can consider whether to pursue perjury charges against the president’s son.
The representative from California made the comments during an interview Sunday on ABC’s This Week. Host George Stephanopoulos asked the congressman about allegations from Schiff’s fellow committee member Jackie Speier, accusing Trump Jr. of lying to the intelligence body. “Do you agree?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“Well, I’d like the special counsel to have access to Don Jr.’s testimony and determine whether it is evidence of—of false statements,” Schiff responded. “I greatly appreciate the seriousness with which the special counsel takes lying to Congress,” he added, “so I’ll let Bob Mueller be the judge of that.”
He then explained that the Intelligence Committee, which is now under Democratic control, will send copies of the interview transcripts to Mueller’s team.
