Top Dem on House Intel Committee: Comey withholding info on probe into Russian hacking of election

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Top Dem: FBI head withholding info on probe into Russian election involvement http://hill.cm/rKxsZYT

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) says FBI Director James Comey is holding back information about his bureau’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

“I would say at this point we know less than a fraction of what the FBI knows,” Schiff told reporters after a briefing with Comey Thursday, according to Politico.

“I appreciate we had a long briefing and testimony from the director today, but in order for us to do our investigation in a thorough and credible way, we’re going to need the FBI to fully cooperate,” added Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

“The FBI must be willing to tell us the length and breadth of any counterintelligence investigations they are conducting. At this point, the director was not willing to do that.”

During the briefing, Schiff said Comey faced “repeated questions about the scope of any investigation they were doing” and “individuals that may be the subject of any counterterrorism investigation.”

“The director declined to answer those questions,” he said. "It was unclear whether that decision was a decision he was making on his own or a decision that he is making in consultation with the Department of Justice.”

“That can’t persist. Because we’re gonna need that information. And we’re better off getting that through the voluntary cooperation of the FBI than having to contemplate whether we need to subpoena the FBI.”

read: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/322049-top-dem-fbi-head-withholding-russia-info

...this means all of the republican assertions that 'there's no evidence of a relationship between Trump and the Russians' are virtually meaningless.

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