Trump's son to answer lawmakers' questions on 'Russian case'

The son of US President Donald Trump Jr. agreed, at the request of legislators from the Senate Senate Intelligence Committee, to answer questions regarding the investigation of interference attributed to Russia in the 2016 election of the year. He writes about it TASS With reference to the newspaper The New York Times.

As the newspaper states, the chairman of this committee, Richard Burr, informed other Republicans late last week that Trump Jr. had been summoned to the hearing. According to Berra, before that, the son of the President of the United States had twice accepted the invitation to speak before the legislators, but later refused. The decision to send a summons to Trump Jr. was criticized by supporters of the US president.

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According to the sources of the newspaper, the son of the American leader and lawmakers agreed that the meeting would be closed and will be held in mid-June. It will last no more than four hours. Lawmakers will be able to ask questions only on a few topics.

In December, 2017, Donald Trump, Jr., had already spoken at the closed hearings of special intelligence committees of both chambers of Congress as part of their investigations into the interference attributed to Russia in US elections. Since January 2017, the Senate Senate Intelligence Committee has been conducting its own investigation. Burr said earlier that the trial will end in the coming months.

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US Department of Justice 18 April released the final report Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, who since May 2017, was investigating allegations that Russia was trying to influence the course of the presidential race in the United States. Müller admitted that no collusion of Donald Trump’s campaign staff with Moscow was possible. The President and his assistants have repeatedly rejected suspicions of any unlawful contacts with Russian officials during the election campaign. Moscow has also repeatedly rejected allegations of attempts to influence the course of elections in the United States.