Senate Republicans are ready to move on from the Russia investigations
Mitch McConnell may have been premature in declaring “case closed” on the Mueller investigation, but Senate Republicans are now ready to bang down the gavel and truly move on from the Russia investigations.
“I would expect that a lot of the Democrats wish that [Trump Jr.] hadn’t come because they’d rather keep the narrative alive. It’s going to end this narrative. Done," said Sen. Thom Tillis , who is up for re-election in 2020 and faces a conservative primary challenger. Tillis backed Burr's work as chairman but said he disagreed with the subpoena.Sign Up
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have emphasized that their investigation into alleged Russian interference is about oversight and vastly different thancriminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin along with obstruction of justice by the president. Now that the GOP infighting has passed and Trump Jr. has agreed to come back for a final round of closed-door questioning, senators say the investigation is likely almost over with findings set to be unveiled in a bipartisan manner.
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