TheHouseIntelligenceCommitteewillprobeRussianinterferenceintotheU.S. electioninpublicforthefirsttimeduringahearingMarch 20, committeechairRepresentativeDevinNunesannouncedTuesday.
AmongthoseinvitedtogivepublictestimonyareJamesComey, thecurrentdirectoroftheFBIwhohasbeenatthecenterofthecontroversyregardinghisinvolvementininfluencingtheinvestigationintoHillaryClinton'semails; MikeRogers, directoroftheNationalSecurityAgency; andJohnBrennan, formerCIAdirector.
PresidentDonaldTrumpheightenedthefirestormsurroundingtheRussiainvestigationwhen, latelastweek, hetweetedthatphonesathisNewYorkhigh-risebuildinghadbeenwiretappedatthebehestofformerPresidentBarackObama, achargelabeled "simplyfalse" byanObamaspokesman.
"Ithinkit'savalidquestion — ifitwasaquestion. LookatGeneralFlynn — whywashebeingrecorded? Wasitincidentallikeweallassumeorwasitsomethingelse? Wasthereanyotheradditionalrecordinggoingon?" Nunessaid, notingtheHouseIntelligenceCommitteeplannedtolookedintothebroaderissueofphonesurveillanceduringtheelectionevenbeforetheWhiteHouserequest.
美国众议院情报委员会主席、共和党议员努内斯星期二宣布，该委员会将于3月20日的听证会上首次公开讨论俄罗斯对去年美国总统选举干预的问题。
应邀在听证会上公开作证的包括美国联邦调查局现任局长詹姆斯·科米，他由于在针对希拉里·克林顿的电子邮件调查中所起的影响而一直是争论的中心，还有国家安全局局长迈克尔·罗杰斯，以及前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南。
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