Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is apparently keen to know whether the end of the Mueller probe heralds the end for the F.B.I.’s counterintelligence probe
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is apparently keen to know whether the end of the Mueller probe heralds the end for the F.B.I.’s counterintelligence probe into the same matter. Schiff yesterday claimed that he has started negotiations with the intelligence agencies: “at this point, we don’t know whether any of the counterintelligence findings are part of the Mueller report,” Schiff commented, adding: “we have initiated discussions with the intelligence community to make sure that we obtain whatever is found in the counterintelligence investigation, or whether that [inquiry] is still ongoing,” Sam Brodey and Spencer Ackerman report at The Daily Beast . President Trump has clashed once again with former F.B.I. Director James Comey after Comey expressed confusion earlier in the week regarding Mueller’s decision not to reach a stance on obstruction of justice. Yesterday, Trump blasted Comey as “a terrible guy” and described his former leadership team at th