Today in a hearing with the House Select Intelligence Committee, FBI Director James Comey confirmed that his agency is in fact investigating ties between..
Today in a hearing with the House Select Intelligence Committee, FBI Director James Comey confirmed that his agency is in fact investigating ties between Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 U. S. presidential election and the Trump campaign.
The special hearing on Russian election interference is open to the public, streaming live on C-SPAN and other news networks, but is limited in its ability to disclose details due to the ongoing nature of the investigation. Still, Comey made a major confirmation right off the bat:
Comey’s comments confirm speculation that such an investigation exists, a fact that had not previously been decisively confirmed. Predictably, the FBI director was unable to comment on specific individuals under investigation, though he did disclose that the investigation began in July 2016, more than three months before the U.
