Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed Tuesday his company is working with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Zuckerberg told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., during a joint hearing before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees that Facebook employees have been interviewed by the special counsel’s office, but that he had not.
“And I want to be careful here,” Zuckerberg said. “Because our work with the special counsel is confidential and I want to make sure that in an open session I’m not revealing something that’s confidential.”
When asked whether Facebook has been subpoenaed by Mueller’s team, Zuckerberg initially said yes, but walked back his response.
“Actually, let me clarify that. I’m actually am not aware of a subpoena. I believe that there may be, but I know that we’re working with them,” he said.
Zuckerberg is facing questions from lawmakers on the company’s data practices after it was revealed Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked with the Trump campaign, improperly gathered personal information from millions of Facebook profiles.
Sen. Leahy: I assume that Facebook has been served the subpoenas from the special counsel’s office. Is that correct?
Zuckerberg: Yes.
PL: Have you or anyone in Facebook been contacted by the special counsel’s office?
MZ: Yes.
PL: Have you been interviewed?
MZ: I have not. pic.twitter.com/kUKTdlg0Vv— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 10, 2018
