Susan Rice’s House testimony delayed: report

Classified testimony expected this week from former national security advisor Susan Rice has reportedly been delayed, CNN reported Monday. 

The delay comes as the House Intelligence Committee seeks to get former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power to appear as well. 

CNN said Power has agreed to speak to the committee, an appearance that could happen before the August recess. 

Power’s counsel, David Pressman, said she supports a bipartisan probe into Russia’s meddling in the United States election and that she is “looking forward” to offering any help in addressing the threat from Russia.

“Ambassador Power strongly supports any bipartisan effort to investigate and address Russia’s interference in our electoral process and she wanted to engage both the House and Senate Committees charged with investigating it,” Pressman said in a statement.

“Long before receiving an invitation to engage the Congressional committees, Ambassador Power stressed the importance of determining the full extent of this threat to our national security and learning lessons from what has happened. … Ambassador Power is very much looking forward to providing any assistance and encouragement she can to bipartisan efforts aimed at addressing this serious threat to our nation’s security.”

{mosads}Republican lawmakers want to determine if either Obama official “unmasked” the identities of President Trump’s associates that were redacted in intelligence reports.