JOE DIGENOVA – Legal Analyst & Fmr. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Topic: Susan Rice to Testify Before House Intelligence Committee
- Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice will be interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee in late July as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
- Rice, a top official in the Obama administration, had requested on several occasions the identities of “masked” U.S. persons in intelligence reports linked to President Donald Trump’s transition and campaign, according to press reports.
- Rice has vehemently denied doing anything wrong. But she has yet to answer questions from lawmakers, including declining a request to appear before a Senate judiciary subcommittee in May. And now, she has agreed to appear in a closed-door session that is expected to take place before the House departs for its August recess.
