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House Democrats Issue Subpoena for Full Mueller Report
U.S. House Judiciary Committee poised to subpoena full Mueller report
Lawmakers will also consider subpoenas for underlying evidence from Mueller’s investigation and from five former aides to President Donald Trump, including White House counsel Donald McGahn and political adviser Steve Bannon. The committee said on Monday that they may have documents related to the Mueller probe. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated over U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s plan to share only a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report with Congress.
UPDATE 2-U.S. House judiciary committee poised to subpoena full Mueller report
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee said it will vote on Wednesday on whether to authorize subpoenas to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Lawmakers will also consider subpoenas for underlying evidence from Mueller’s investigation and from five former aides to President Donald Trump, including White House counsel Donald McGahn and political adviser Steve Bannon. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated over U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s plan to share only a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report with Congress.
Ex-Army intelligence analyst Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena
Manning had appeared before the grand jury on Wednesday but declined to answer questions in connection with what is widely believed to be the government’s long-running investigation into Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange, citing her First, Fourth and Sixth Amendment rights under the Constitution.
A top Democrat vows to subpoena Mueller report if necessary
A prominent Democratic lawmaker said Sunday that if the new US attorney general refuses to make public the upcoming special counsel report on Russia and the Trump election campaign, it will be subpoenaed and Robert Mueller will be called in to testify. Attorney General William Barr, who took office earlier this month, refused in his Senate confirmation hearings to explicitly promise to publicly release Mueller’s findings once he receives them. Mueller is reportedly no more than weeks away from completing his exhaustive investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
House panel readies subpoena to compel Whitaker testimony
“To be clear, I hope never to use this subpoena,” committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said, adding that Whitaker should arrive at the hearing on Friday prepared to answer questions about his communications with the White House and his refusal to recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “If he appears on time and ready to answer those questions, the subpoena will be entirely unnecessary,” he added. A Justice Department spokeswoman did not have an immediate comment.
Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump's inaugural committee
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York issued a subpoena Monday seeking documents from Donald Trump's inaugural committee, furthering a federal inquiry into a fund that has faced mounting scrutiny into how it raised and spent its money.
Trump inaugural committee suspected of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and money laundering, subpoena indicates
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to comply with Senate subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has subpoenaed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Cohen intends to comply with the interview demand next month, his attorney said Thursday.
Mystery firm reportedly takes subpoena fight potentially tied to Mueller investigation to Supreme Court
Politico reports that an unidentified firm presented an application to Chief Justice John Roberts asking for a stay of a federal appeals court ruling that turned down the company's effort to block a grand jury subpoena for records
