US Congress probes counterintelligence implications of Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference

摘要

Russian efforts to engage with Donald Trump's presidential election campaign displayed "absolute classic tradecraft of... [the] Russian intelligence services", the US House Intelligence Committee heard on 12 June. The remarks, made by former FBI executive assistant director Robert Anderson, came during a hearing examining the results of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Although Attorney General William Barr released a summary of the Mueller report on 24 March, and a redacted version of the report was released on 18 April, House Democrats are seeking a subpoena to force the Department of Justice to provide them with an unredacted copy.