The House intelligence committee voted Wednesday to send testimony from the Russia inquiry to special counsel Robert Mueller, which could result in charges.
Feb. 6 (UPI) — The House intelligence committee voted in a closed hearing Wednesday to send testimony concerning the Russia inquiry to special counsel Robert Mueller, which could result in perjury charges.
The Democratic-controlled panel met Wednesday afternoon and approved sending the transcripts for the Justice Department probe. The records they approved to be sent to Mueller’s office involve committee testimony from about 50 interviews in the case.
Mueller’s investigators had access to the „substance“ of the transcripts, but couldn’t level perjury charges until they were transmitted by the committee, panel chairman Rep. Adam Schiff said. They have been undergoing a declassification review.
„Neither we nor the special counsel will tolerate efforts by any person to impede any investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, nor to pressure a witness to withhold testimony from or mislead Congress,“ Schiff said this month.
