Hopes Dim for Congressional Russia Inquiries as Parties Clash<br />On Wednesday, Mr. Grassley unilaterally sent a flurry of letters requesting interviews with<br />and information from current and former Justice Department officials, as well as Mr. Kushner and others involved in a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer said to be offering incriminating information about Mrs. Clinton<br />The exchange, described by three people with knowledge of it, typified the political morass<br />that is crippling the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election — and whether the Trump campaign colluded in any way.<br />Democrats were also incensed by Mr. Gowdy’s remarks to Mr. Kushner in July, which they said<br />were representative of efforts by some Republicans to cut the investigation short.
