it was an odd moment in the senate tonight. the senate passed a resolution allowing the senate intelligence committee to help the justice department on, quote, a pending investigation. but that resolution gave no details about the investigation. in other words it gave no details on what the senate was voting on. here s the statement from the senate intelligence committee chairman, richard burr, and vice chairman mark warner. the department of justice has sought the assistance of the committee in a pending investigation. the committee is cooperating with the department on this matter. any questions about the investigation should be directed to the department of justice. so united states senators had to just vote blindly on having the intelligence committee help out
matter. any questions about the investigation should be directed to the department of justice. so united states senators had to just vote blindly on having the intelligence committee help out the department of justice and they did. it was a unanimous vote. they didn t have a roll call vote on it. also today we learned special prosecutor robert mueller is asking witnesses to turn over their cell phones and witnesses have reportedly com y complied because the alternative would be a subpoena. cnbc reports it s to inspect their encrypted messaging programs. since 2018, mueller s team has been asking witnesses in the russian investigation to turn over their phone. they think the apps could be key to disclosing conversations