The Senate Intelligence Committee is looking to interview several of President Trump's associates whom Special Counsel Robert Mueller already has charged in his investigation.
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"I think it's safe to say if they were indicted, they were on our list," Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, told CNN. "We potentially will talk to a lot of folks."
That list includes Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, and George Papadopoulos.
The witnesses, if they testify, would help the Senate Intelligence Committee fill in key blanks in its investigation into 2016 Russian election interference, which has remained a bipartisan probe as it's stretched on for nearly two years, though it has yet to reach consensus on whether the Trump campaign conspired with the Kremlin. Burr and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the panel's top Democrat, have waited to speak to -- or in some cases re-interview -- several key officials after they agreed to cooperate with Mueller, but the opportunity could soon be approaching.
The committee has been engaged in discussions with the special counsel and defense attorneys to get access to several cooperating Mueller witnesses in addition to Cohen, including Flynn, Papadopoulos and Gates, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
Incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) also says he would like to interview Cohen for a second time.
On Wednesday, Warner said he was eager to learn exactly what it was that Cohen had lied to the committee about -- and what else he had told Mueller.
"I'm anxious to learn what those are," Warner said. "What other stories, what other facts did Mr. Cohen lay out to the special prosecutor?"
Key lawmakers seek to haul in Trump associates working with Mueller (CNN)