House Panel to Interview Trump Campaign Digital Director Brad Parscale -- Update
October 22 2017 - 6:45PM
Dow Jones News
By Julie Bykowicz
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's campaign digital
director, Brad Parscale, will be interviewed Tuesday by the House
Intelligence Committee, his first appearance before any of the
panels examining the issue of Russian interference in the 2016
election.
Mr. Parscale confirmed his scheduled appearance. The Senate
committees also probing interference have not scheduled time with
Mr. Parscale, he said, declining further comment.
Facebook Inc., Google and Twitter Inc. are all scheduled to
testify on Capitol Hill Nov. 1. Committees in both chambers of
Congress are looking into what U.S. intelligence agencies earlier
this year described as extensive Russian use of social media to try
to influence the U.S. presidential election.
In a recent interview with the news program "60 Minutes," Mr.
Parscale said no one from the campaign collaborated with foreign
entities. "It's just a joke," Mr. Parscale said.
The legislative panels also have either spoken with or plan to
speak with an array of Trump campaign officials and Trump advisers,
including onetime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and Michael
Cohen, one of Mr. Trump's longtime attorneys. The Senate Judiciary
Committee interviewed Donald Trump Jr. , the president's eldest
son, on Sept. 7.
Mr. Parscale was the Trump campaign's highest-paid vendor. His
San Antonio-based firm Giles-Parscale drew nearly $88 million for
about 18 months of work, according to Federal Election Commission
disclosures.
Mr. Parscale has remained involved with the president's
political efforts. He helped start a nonprofit committee called
America First Policies and a super political-action committee
working alongside it. He also continues to work on Trump's
re-election campaign, which began when the president was
inaugurated.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 22, 2017 18:30 ET (22:30 GMT)
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