Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Schiff accuses Comey of withholding information on Russia probe
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:20:51 -0600
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The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused FBI Director James Comey of withholding crucial information about its probe into Russian interference in the election.
 
 "I would say at this point we know less than a fraction of what the FBI knows," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told reporters after a briefing with Comey.
 
 "I appreciate we had a long briefing and testimony from the director today, but in order for us to do our investigation in a thorough and credible way, we're gonna need the FBI to fully cooperate, to be willing to tell us the length and breadth of any counterintelligence investigations they are conducting," Schiff said. "At this point, the director was not willing to do that." 
 
 The briefing came as Attorney General Jeff Sessions is facing calls to recuse himself from an investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia after it was revealed that Sessions met twice with the Russia ambassador last year, and didn't tell senators about it during his confirmation hearing.
 
 Schiff indicated that Comey and the Justice Department should be more cooperative and forthcoming at their next meeting "because we're gonna need that information."

 "And we're better off getting that through the voluntary cooperation of the FBI than having to contemplate whether we need to subpoena the FBI," he said.

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