WASHINGTON _ Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort are being asked to testify on Wednesday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to the committee's website.
The hearing comes after revelations of a previously undisclosed meeting last year in which Trump Jr., Manafort and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, met with a Russian lawyer from whom Trump Jr. hoped to get incriminating information about Hillary Clinton. The committee is also investigating Manafort's lobbying and business ties.
Trump Jr. released emails showing that British publicist Rob Goldstone proposed the meeting, promising "information that would incriminate Hillary" that is "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."
The president has repeatedly denied that members of his campaign team colluded with Russia in last year's election. U.S. intelligence agencies said they have evidence Russia was behind a sophisticated effort to tilt the election in Trump's favor.
Kushner also is scheduled to be interviewed next Monday by Senate investigators, his lawyer Abbe Lowell said in an emailed statement.
Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni said Manafort and his lawyers are reviewing a letter from the committee and wouldn't comment further.
In June, Manafort filed a registration document with the U.S. government saying he received $17.1 million for his work with a Ukrainian political party.
He registered with the U.S. Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people to disclose any political or quasi-political work they do for foreign entities. Manafort's filing covered his work on behalf of Ukraine's pro-Russian Party of Regions between 2012 and 2013.
