Senate Intel Leaders Say Ongoing Russia Probe Has Expanded

Published October 4, 2017 6:30pm ET



The Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian election interference has expanded since January, with hundreds of additional information requests, new leads, and questions about fresh Russia-related events, the leaders of the panel said Wednesday.

“When we started nine months ago, I saw three buckets, and today, I talked about five or six,” Chairman Richard Burr said during a status update on the probe. He added that he still hoped the investigation would be completed this calendar year.

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