--- title: Dan Coats, Andrew McCabe Testify at Senate: Watch Online description: Four intelligence officials are slated to testify in before the Senate intelligence committee just before James Comey's hearing. canonical: https://time.com/4808820/dan-coats-andrew-mccabe-senate-watch-online/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T13:48:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:18:05.401Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: National Intelligence Director Dan Coats Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee og:description: Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein are also set to testify og:url: https://time.com/4808820/dan-coats-andrew-mccabe-senate-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc470c8bc52a352/6988b4882dce01a5c19ebd79/donald-trump-dan-coats-intelligence-director.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: Political And Business Visitors At Trump Tower During President-Elect's Transition To The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: National Intelligence Director Dan Coats Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee twitter:description: Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein are also set to testify twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc470c8bc52a352/6988b4882dce01a5c19ebd79/donald-trump-dan-coats-intelligence-director.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: National Intelligence Director Dan Coats Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee > Sponsored content. 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Albin Lohr-Jones—Bloomberg /Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jun 7, 2017 1:48 PM UTC Four intelligence officials are slated to testify in before the Senate intelligence committee just one day before the hearing of [James Comey](http://time.com/4801610/james-comey-fired-senate-fbi-president-donald-trump-russia/), the former FBI Director. According to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/russia-hearing-what-to-watch/), the intelligence officials are: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers, acting FBI Director [Andrew McCabe](http://time.com/4775602/andrew-mccabe-fbi-senate-intelligence-committee-watch-online/) and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. All four are set to testify starting at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday. The hearing comes shortly after [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4808765/christopher-wray-donald-trump-fbi-director/) announced his pick to replace former FBI Director James Comey would be [Christopher Wray](http://time.com/4808749/donald-trump-christopher-wray-fbi-director-2/), a former assistant attorney general who has represented New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. 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