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Trump Jr. agreed to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in June. nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/…
Trump Jr. will be asked about his statements to Congress about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and the Trump Moscow project, a Senate aide says. The Mueller report raised questions about the veracity of Trump Jr.'s claims to lawmakers on those topics. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Times says he agreed to only talk about "a half dozen" topics. But a Senate aide says that is "MEANINGLESS" because the committee sends every witness a list of topics and they're quite broad. Jr. did get a time limit, but aide says doesn't matter because panel has enough time. 
It sounds like Trump Jr.'s camp is suggested they got meaningful concessions in exchange for his agreement to appear. From Senate, view is that they gave him little and he caved. Closed doors is significant, but Burr, unfortunately, has always rejected an open hearing.
Trump Jr. won't only have to explain his claim that he was only peripherally involved in Trump Moscow to SSCI. He'll also have to address his testimony that he only told Manafort and Kushner about the Trump Tower meeting. Mueller report said otherwise. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Trump Jr. went hunting in Alaska instead of showing up for a previously scheduled committee appearance on 5/1, a source says.
CNN reported this, with source claiming he skipped the hearing due to "disagreement over the scope of his testimony," not the trip. Not that different.
CNN reported this, with source claiming he skipped the hearing due to "disagreement over the scope of his testimony," not the trip. Not that different.
Warner, but not Burr, is publicly arguing the Intelligence Committee did not make any real concessions to get Trump Jr. to testify again next month.
