In a bipartisan letter to the Justice Department, the Senate Intelligence Committee raised worries concerning statement provided by some of Donald Trump's family members throughout the Russia investigation.


According to the Los Angeles Times," [The letter] raised concerns about statements given by relatives and also confidants of President Trump that appeared to contradict info supplied by a former deputy campaign chairman to Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III."


Amongst those family members and allies who may have given conflicting statements were Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and also Hope Hicks.


The board likewise looked for an investigation into former Trump advisor Steve Bannon for "potentially lying to lawmakers during its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election."


More from the LA Times:

The letter, a copy of which was reviewed by The Times, was signed by the panel’s then-chairman, Republican Sen. Richard M. Burr, and its ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner.


It also raised concerns about testimony provided by family members and confidants of President Trump that appeared to contradict information provided by a former deputy campaign chairman to Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Those it identified as providing such conflicting testimony were the president’s son Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law Jared Kushner, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.


The letter, which has not before been made public, was sent July 19, 2019, to Deborah Curtis, a top prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington. It is not clear what action the Justice Department has taken on the referral. Kerri Kupec, a Justice Department spokeswoman, declined to comment.


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The letter then names Bannon, the chief executive of the 2016 Trump campaign and later a top White House strategist, and two other men — Erik Prince, a private security contractor, and Sam Clovis, who served as co-chairman of Trump’s campaign.


Criminal referrals from Capitol Hill have been somewhat common since Trump took office in 2017. But this one is rare because it involves the bipartisan leaders of a Senate panel that conducted its own probe without devolving into the partisan bickering that consumed its counterpart in the House of Representatives.


None of this comes as a surprise to those that have actually been paying attention to the Trump administration over the past 4 years.


Donald Trump's political survival depends upon those around him-- consisting of just about every Republican in Congress-- lying or disregarding to conceal his misconduct and also incompetence.


Publicly, they cry witch hunt or claim that Democratic legislators are attempting to hold the president responsible, however privately they understand the truth.


Donald Trump is a weak, corrupt and fell short as president-- much more so than any in American history.


Source : Latimes