Congressman Eric Swalwell vs President Trump

SWALWELL: And we were starting to discuss this, efforts to recruit include investing in a U.S. person, is that correct?

COMEY: Efforts by Russia to invest typically?

SWALWELL: Yes.

COMEY: In their tradecraft, that can be one of the ways in which they cultivate a relationship, sure.

SWALWELL: And if you are a U.S. person with a business, could it also include investing in your business or being a partner in some of your endeavors?

COMEY: Lots of different ways someone could try and establish a relationship.

SWALWELL: And going back to compromise, can we assume that any prominent U.S. person traveling to Russia would probably be covered by Russian surveillance?

COMEY: Depend upon how you define prominent, but they have an extensive surveillance operation of foreign visitors. So no matter who you are, you ought to assume it, but whether that's true in reality is harder for me to answer.

Or do you want to answer that differently?

ROGERS: No, I agree.

SWALWELL: And Russia is attempting to recruit and persuade individuals that we've discussed before, just as other foreign adversaries are because they want to get something out of them, is that right?

COMEY: Correct. SWALWELL: And in many cases, it could be if that person is ever in a position of power that they could be in a position to influence policy in the United States.

COMEY: To influence policy or to supply them with information that's useful to them and maybe other purposes.

SWALWELL: Now, with respect to your counterintelligence investigations, would be important for you if you were concerned that a U.S. person had financial entanglements with a foreign adversary to see that persons tax returns?

COMEY: That's a hypothetical I really want to avoid answering, but the answer is it would depend really. It would depend upon a whole lot of circumstances.

SWALWELL: That would be one of the pieces of evidence that you would consider looking?

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