The Justice Department notified Yates that the administration considers a great deal of her potential testimony to be covered by presidential privilege.

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate say the House intelligence committee chairman, a Republican, has undermined the credibility of his own panel’s investigation.

A Senate panel plans to interview Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, the ‘official primary point of contact’ with foreign entities during the campaign and transition period, as part of Russia probe

He proposed in a plan as early as June 2005 to influence politics, business dealings and news coverage in the U.S., Europe and the former Soviet republics to benefit the Putin government, according to an Associated Press investigation.

The Republican operative has acknowledged having a Twitter exchange with Guccifer 2.0, a hacker that U.S. officials believe has ties to Russia.