TRussia Daily: Comey Will Most Likely Testify Before Senate — If the White House Lets Him

Here on the Brian Lehrer Show, we'll follow the fast-developing Russia investigation news on every week day in June. 

Mark Mazzetti, Washington investigations editor for The New York Times, brings the latest from the Russia investigations, including news that former FBI director James Comey will testify before the Senate committee sooner than expected, with testimony that President Trump asked him to back off Flynn investigations. Though, as the Times reports -- this will only happen IF the White House allows it -- technically, they can invoke executive privilege in order to keep Comey's conversations with the president private.

Plus: He comments on Hillary Clinton's statements at a ReCode conference that she does think President Trump was directing the Russian interference in the election -- which he says is going "a little bit further publicly than the evidence supports."

Lastly: Mazzetti says it's still unclear whether there was a third meeting between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russian Ambassador Kislyak -- but if it were true, it's still very unclear why they would be hiding these meetings.