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DonViejo

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 01:05 PM Mar 2018

Schiff asks Cambridge Analytica whistleblower to testify [View all]

Source: The Hill




BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 03/19/18 01:52 PM EDT

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee has invited Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie to testify as part of the Democrats' investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.

In a letter sent to Wylie on Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Democrats want to interview Wylie and request that he present the documents that have evidence of the data firm’s wrongdoing.

“The Committee’s Minority is seeking testimony from the whistleblower about the reported misappropriation of private data, as well as information to determine where the data was stored, how it was used, and whether third parties accessed and exploited the information, including in Russia,” Schiff wrote.

Wylie recently alleged that Cambridge Analytica had illegally obtained the private information of more than 50 million people from Aleksandr Kogan, a Cambridge University professor.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379131-schiff-asks-cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-to-testify-as-part-of-dems

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