NBC: Lawmakers slam Trump for weighing Russian request to interrogate U.S. diplomat
Democrats introduced a resolution Thursday that said the U.S. should refuse to make any U.S. diplomat available to Russian investigators.
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are slamming the Trump administration over the possibility that President Trump would consider allowing Russian officials to question former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a non-binding resolution Thursday that says that the U.S. should refuse to make any former diplomat available to Russian investigators who say that official may have interfered in their country's domestic affairs. The Senate was expected to vote on that resolution Thursday afternoon.
“It is the sense of Congress that the United States should refuse to make available any current or former diplomat, civil servant, political appointee, law enforcement official, or member of the armed forces of the United States for questioning by the government of Vladimir Putin,” the resolution says, Schumer said on the Senate floor.
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Update: Lawmakers condemn White House suggestion that Kremlin could interrogate former US ambassador (ABC News)
WNU Editor: Not going to happen .... especially in regards to former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. But it is true that Russia's Justice Department want to get their hands on this man .... Bill Browder Doubts He'll Be Swapped To Russia For U.S. Access To Russian Agents (NPR).
Update #2: The White House has officially refused Putin's offer.
