Democrats go it alone on Russia probe after partisan breakdowns

The following article by Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website January 10, 2018:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke out on Jan. 9 about the state of the congressional Russia investigations after one year of work. (Reuters)

Democrats are striking out on their own this week over all but one of the congressional investigations into Russian meddling, independently releasing reports and transcripts, and attacking Republicans they accuse of intentionally undermining active probes in deference to President Trump.

Senior Democratic officials in the Senate, frustrated by what they consider a Republican campaign to discredit the law enforcement and intelligence agencies investigating the president, cleared their members to release the interview transcript of one of the Russia investigation’s most sensitive witnesses and, separately, to publish a report detailing the disinformation and intimidation tactics the Kremlin deploys against democracies globally. Continue reading “Democrats go it alone on Russia probe after partisan breakdowns”