The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously to release transcripts of 53 interviews with Trump administration officials to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for review before they are made public, according to Reuters.
Among those interviewed include the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law and White House Advisor Jared Kushner, embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Breitbart editor and Trump adviser Steve Bannon, long-time Trump ally and advisor Roger Stone, current Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, former aides Corey Lewandowski and Hope Hicks, along with former Obama administration officials like National Security Adviser Susan Rice and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power.
Before the documents are released the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will comb through the documents and redact any classified or sensitive information.
The Democrats, led by Representative Adam Schiff of California, have long lamented the Republicans member's of the committee stall tactics in refusing to vote on a potential release of the documents.
"They're trying to bury them as long as they can," Schiff told reporters.
"We have suspicions that people testified before our committee falsely and committed perjury, and the special counsel is in the best position to determine on the basis of the additional information he has who might have perjured themselves."
Jack Langer, a spokesman for Republicans Representative Devin Nunes of California, the panel's chairman, told reporters "it's amusing the see the Democrats continuing to promote their never-ending chain of absurd conspiracy theories."
