Time is running out for special counsel Robert Mueller to appear before Congress and testify and waiting until August to hear from him might be too late, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday.
"The best way to get a witness to testify is if you can get them to testify voluntarily, and particularly I think with someone like Bob Mueller making an appeal to his patriotism, a sense of duty is the right way to go," the House Intelligence Committee chairman told CNN's "New Day." "At the end of the day, he needs to come testify."
But if an agreement cannot be reached to bring Mueller in, "then we'll have to use a subpoena," the congressman said.
Meanwhile, there has been a "slow increase" in the number of House Democrats coming out in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, Schiff said, while warning even if an inquiry would be announced tomorrow, things will not change dramatically when it comes to witness testimony.
"If anything, the administration is going to dig in deeper," Schiff said. "Whether we're going to get to critical mass or not, I don't know. It may depend on how the investigation proceeds."
He also commented on reports intelligence officers did not tell Trump about efforts they were taking to conduct cyber attacks on Russia.
"If it's true that the intelligence agencies or the Cabinet members are keeping things from the president because they can't rely on him to keep his mouth shut when it comes to discussing that with the Russians or with others, it's a real problem, because we have a president who's not well-informed," Schiff said.
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