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First on CNN: House intel panel plans to interview Podesta next week, sources say
(CNN)The
House intelligence committee next week plans to interview John Podesta,
Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign chairman whose hacked email account
became central to Russian meddling in the US election last year,
according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Podesta
will be one of the committee's first major witnesses to meet with the
panel behind closed doors as it tries to determine the extent of the
Russian involvement in last year's campaign and whether any of President
Donald Trump's associates coordinated with the Russians.
The
committee sent out requests to interview six witnesses this week,
sources said, with Podesta expected to be interviewed next week in a
classified session. The committee is expected to question Podesta about the leak of thousands of his emails, which became a political headache and embarrassment for Clinton in the heat of the campaign season.
Podesta's appearance comes days after the panel's leaders met behind closed doors this week with special counsel Robert Mueller,
who is trying to ensure that the multiple investigations on Capitol
Hill do not conflict with his ongoing probe into Russia meddling and
whether there was any criminal activity by Trump associates.
A
spokeswoman for Rep. Mike Conaway, the Republican now running the
investigation, declined to comment. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat
on the panel, also would not comment.
Podesta could not be reached by CNN for comment.
The panel also has set a deadline for Friday to obtain memos from fired FBI Director James Comey about
his interactions with Trump, including over Comey's allegations that
the President urged him to drop the investigation into his former
national security adviser Michael Flynn. The President has repeatedly
denied the charge.
Speaking to Wolf
Blitzer on "The Situation Room," Schiff declined to say if Comey or
Mueller would provide the memos by Friday, but said the panel was having
productive conversations to obtain them and that "the committee
continues to be interested in obtaining the memos."
