CHUCK SCHUMER/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republican colleagues to join in ‘demanding testimony’ from President Donald Trump’s national security team present during the Helsinki summit earlier this week, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “immediately’…Schumer said the American people need more information on anything Trump promised Russian President Vladimir Putin, following a press conference Monday where Trump appeared to downplay the US intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered with the last US presidential election and that Trump said Putin was ‘extremely strong and powerful’ in his denial of responsibility…Schumer noted Tuesday [7-17-18] that the two world leaders met for almost two hours and the absence of notes or readouts…Schumer called on his Republican counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican leadership team to ‘immediately request a hearing with Secretary of State Pompeo and the rest of the President’s national security team from Helsinki so we can find out what the heck happened there.’ On Monday, McConnell did not directly criticize Trump but told reporters on Capitol Hill that he back the US intelligence community.”
-Catherine Treyz, “Schumer demands hearings ‘immediately’ with Trump officials — including Pompeo,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 17, 2018 6:06 pm