Longtime Trump bodyguard to face questions about 2013 Moscow trip

The following article by Carol D. Leonnig and Greg Miller was posted on the Washington Post website November 3, 2017:

President Trump walks with aide Keith Schiller to the Oval Office of the White House in May 2017. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

One of President Trump’s most trusted confidants, a security chief who served as his sounding board for nearly two decades, will face questions from congressional investigators next week about Trump’s 2013 trip to Moscow, according to people familiar with their plans.

The excursion is at the center of some of the most salacious allegations in a now-famous dossier, which contains unverified charges that Trump has vehemently disputed.

The House Intelligence Committee has called former longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller to appear for an interview Tuesday as part of its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Investigators plan to press Schiller about allegations in the 35-page dossier that Russian officials obtained compromising information about Trump’s personal behavior when he visited Moscow for the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, according to people familiar with the investigation. Continue reading “Longtime Trump bodyguard to face questions about 2013 Moscow trip”