The House Intelligence Committee is set to question President Donald Trump’s former longtime bodyguard and intimate confidante, Keith Schiller on Tuesday afternoon, The Hill reports.
According to multiple committee members, Schiller’s interview is part of the committee’s continuing investigation into Russian interference in the election. Schiller is expected to face questions about a 2013 trip Trump made to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant. Among the claims contained in the dossier is the explosive allegation that the Russian government had obtained compromising information on Trump, or “komperant.” The Hill adds.
Trump has called the document “disgraceful” and “totally made up.” He has suggested the Schiller will tell investigators that the allegations contained in the dossier are false. The dossier was produced by a former MI6 agent, Christopher Steele, who was working for a firm hired by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It contains a compendium of allegations of coordination between the Russian government and Trump’s campaign, The Hill informs.
Some of the allegations in the dossier have been proven false, while some of the broader threads have been supported by public evidence. Some are unproven and are likely unprovable, but the dossier has nevertheless become a flashpoint in the various congressional investigations into Russian election meddling.
Republicans have largely raised questions about the origins of the document, demanding to know who Steele’s sources were, who funded the document and how it has been used in the federal investigation. Democrats, meanwhile, have suggested that such inquiries are efforts to discredit Steele and say the more important question is whether the assertions in the document are true, The Hill writes.
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