Trump's translator wanted by all Washington

A week ago, no one knew who he was, but the name of Marina Gross became one of the most repeated in the corridors of the US Congress, intrigued by the notes of the only American who accompanied the president Donald Trump in his long solo meeting with Vladimir Putin

In a Washington obsessed with the possibility of Trump making outrageous promises to Putin during the two-hour meeting they both held Monday in Helsinki, The State Department's veteran translator "She is the only reliable witness of the conversation between the two leaders," said Democrat MP Bill Pascrell on Tuesday.

"This interpreter can help us determine what the president has shared with Putin or promised him," tweeted Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen

This unreasonable interest Gross's testimony shows the mistrust of a much of the American political apparatus in the capacity of Trump to follow the hard line marked by his government towards Russia.

Pascrell, Shaheen and other Democratic legislators demanded that both houses of Congress that the interpreter would appear before them in camera to give details of the meeting in the Finnish capital, or at least to share his notes of this meeting in which only she and the Russian translator accompanied Trump and Putin. [19659002]the Republican majority in the House of Representatives 'Intelligence Committee voted yesterday against Democrats' request. Senate of the Senate, Bob Corker, announced that he was not planning to require Gross that he hand them his meeting notes

"If we start demanding the notes from the translators, I think we set a precedent. But Corker did not rule out that he could change his mind in the days to come and commented that he wanted to see if Senators could get more money. 39, information about the meeting "through normal channels", at a hearing scheduled next Wednesday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

John Beyrle, US ambassador to Russia between 2008 and 2011, assured the CNN that Trump's foreign policy advisers have already spoken with Gross about "getting an idea of ​​what happened at this meeting. "

In any other government, appealing to the interpreter would seem a ridiculous option may ask the president himself, but the system of communication between the White House, government agencies and the US Congress does not seem to follow the usual rules under Trump.

According to the Washington Post The Washington Post the Pentagon's top officials are still trying to figure out what are the so-called "verbal agreements" that, according to the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, have reached Trump and Putin in their appointment.

The National Intelligence Director EU, Dan Coats, acknowledged yesterday that he did not know what had been discussed at Monday's meeting.