LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The Senate Judiciary Committee has reached an agreement and set a date for Donald Trump Jr. to testify behind closed doors to the panel, the committee confirmed on Tuesday [8-29-17].
The committee would not divulge the exact date, but another source familiar with the matter said the testimony would likely occur in the ‘next few weeks.’ Trump Jr. is expected to be grilled about his meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during his father’s presidential campaign in which he was promised compromising information on Hillary Clinton.
Trump Jr. had been called to publicly testify before Senate Judiciary in July, but the president’s eldest son offered to give a private interview and provide documents to the committee’s investigators instead…
A committee aide said it is not yet clear whether the interview with Trump Jr. would be offsite or on the Hill. The date was only recently set, the aide said, explaining that the delay in scheduling was because of the slog of the August recess.
Representatives for the Trump Organization and Trump Jr.’s lawyer Alan Futerfas did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”
-Ali Watkins and Josh Dawsey “Donald Trump Jr. set to testify before Senate Judiciary panel,” Politico, Aug. 29, 2017 03:42pm