WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the ongoing investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 election (all times local):
12:20 p.m.
Senate intelligence committee leaders say they canceled a scheduled interview with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer after he released a public statement.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, say in a statement that the panel had requested Michael Cohen “refrain from public comment.” But Cohen released a statement Tuesday morning saying a proposal to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow was “solely a real estate deal and nothing more.”
Burr and Warner say they “declined to move forward” with the closed-door staff interview and will schedule an open hearing instead.