Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates will testify in front of Congress next month as a part of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election.
Yates, who was fired by President Trump when she refused to defend his immigration travel ban in court, is set to testify in front of the committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism on May 8. According to a hearing notice, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will also testify.
Yates was scheduled to testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee on Russia’s influence campaign in the presidential election, but the hearing was canceled. The Washington Post reported the White House blocked Yates from testifying, but administration officials denied that was the case.
Yates has now been invited to testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee in an open hearing on May 2.
According to the Post report, Yates knew information about former national security adviser Mike Flynn’s conversations with Russian diplomats during the transition. Flynn was fired by Trump for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition.
Democrats have been pushing for Yates to testify in front of Congress ever since her testimony was canceled.
