Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) says he plans to have his committee wrapping up its part of the Russia investigation during Congress' August recess.
"This gives staff the month of August in all likelihood to wrap up our investigation and for staff to work intensely while we're out of here and not getting in their hair," Burr told reporters.
The committee's assessment of whether or not there was any evidence of coordination or collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia will be part of that final work, he said.
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The committee still has a number of interim reports to prepare, Burr said, the next of which will be the panel's judgment of the intelligence community assessment affirming Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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The committee will also prepare reports on the Obama administration's response to the Russian interference campaign, as well as how the Kremlin leveraged social media.
The panel still has a handful of witnesses to interview, Burr said.
The Intelligence Committee did release a report Tuesday, detailing Russian efforts to probe state election systems, assessing the Department of Homeland Security's response, and revealing vulnerabilities still left to address.
The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to write and release additional reports on American intelligence agencies’ assessment of the Russian efforts, the Obama administration’s response, the Russians’ use of social media, and lastly, possible coordination or collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Senators have conceded that consensus on that final report may be difficult to reach.
Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the committee’s chairman, told reporters on Tuesday that the next report, on the intelligence assessment, could be out as early as next week.
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