Mitch McConnell defends Burr amid Trump Jr. subpoena fallout: “None of us tell Chairman Burr how to run his committee.'
Donald Trump Jr. has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, ending — for now — a heated fight within the GOP over the Republican-led panel's Russia investigation.
a committee aide reached out to Donald Trump Jr.’s representatives and said they would extend it until 5 p.m. Tuesday, giving the two sides more time to negotiate.saying he wouldn’t testify to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and ranking member Mark Warner , Republicans had criticized the committee, calling it inappropriate because Trump Jr. had already testified before Congressional panels.
“None of us tell Chairman Burr how to run his committee,” McConnell told reporters on Tuesday. “I asked him to undertake this investigation with Russian collusion a couple of years ago. He’s indicated publicly that he believes they will find no collusion.”At a closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee meeting Tuesday, committee members said the subpoena did not come up once. Instead the Committee passed a bill to fund oversight of the U.S.
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