Jim Himes: Donald Trump Jr. Is One of the Key People in Russia Investigation

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BLITZER: "As you also know, Donald Trump, Jr., the president's oldest son, will be speaking behind closed doors with Senate Judiciary Committee staffers tomorrow. When does your committee, the house intelligence committee, plan on hearing from him?"
HIMES: "Well, that's yet to be determined. We have a long list of witnesses who have been scheduled. In fact, as you reported earlier, we interviewed former national security advisor Susan Rice today. We do not yet have don junior scheduled. But he, of course, is one of the really key people here because in an investigation that is looking at possible connections -- and I emphasize possible connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian hack effort -- Donald Trump, Jr., by his own admission is sort of at the point of that spear. He said that he went into a meeting in Trump Tower with known Russian agents for the purpose of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton. That, in many ways, first of all, is completely at odds of what we were assured by the Trump campaign and the president for a very long period of time. But it raises profound issues about what the follow-up to that meeting was. And, so, I don't care over much what venue he testifies in, but obviously that we get a full and complete accounting of what happened before, during and after that meeting from Donald Trump, Jr. That's essential to this investigation."