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California Democrat Representative Adam Schiff told The Post in an interview published Friday that the Democrats' goal would be to review intelligence assessments in order to compare it to statements made by President Donald Trump at this subject.
"Then we will see clearly if the president is relying on the intelligence community and our best source of information or if the president is representing something very different," Schiff told Swiss Post.
Schiff told La Poste that if Congress was informed of Saudi Arabia and what they learned was going against what Trump had said publicly, then he would be "knowledgeable enough to take action to ensure that our national interests are protected and we base our policy on the facts. "
Schiff did not explain what steps Democrats would take if they thought Trump had acted inappropriately.
Schiff told the paper that the committee was going to "deepen" Saudi Arabia to look into the problems, including the ongoing war in Yemen, and how "the kingdom is treating its critics or members of the press in general".
A CIA official told CNN Friday that there was still no smoking gun directly involving the Crown Prince and that intelligence assessment was continuing. As part of this process, the CIA analyzes the relevant information in the context of what is already known about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said the official.
According to intelligence officials, the CIA presented the president with an assessment based on trust, based on the facts.
