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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 09, 2019, 03:17:20 pm
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House Dems to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. first in Russia probe
by Paul Bedard
| January 09, 2019 09:24 AM
House Democrats probing allegations that the Trump presidential campaign worked with Russian operatives to win the 2016 election plan to issue their first subpoena to Donald Trump Jr., according to a top lawmaker.
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., a key member of the House Intelligence Committee, asked Tuesday night about who would be served first by the panel as it reopens the investigation, said, “Donald Trump Jr.â€
Democrats on the panel, headed by Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., have long questioned a report written by the previous GOP majority on the affair and believe that those who testified in private, including the president’s son, were not forthcoming.
“There are a number of persons that testified before the committee that I feel were not telling the truth,†said Speier, addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington.
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