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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a dozen new subpoenas targeting a who’s who of witnesses cited in Robert S. Mueller III’s report as Democrats sought to elevate their showdown with President Trump over episodes of possible obstruction of justice documented by the special counsel.
The panel also approved a separate group of subpoenas seeking information about the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the border. And House Democratic leaders set Tuesday for a full House vote to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress over their refusal to relinquish documents related to the administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The article goes on to state the following:
Among the prominent figures to be subpoenaed by the Democrats are Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general; Rod J. Rosenstein, his deputy who appointed Mr. Mueller, the special counsel; John F. Kelly, the former White House chief of staff; Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser; and Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump campaign manager. Democrats also authorized a subpoena for David J. Pecker, who as head of American Media helped Mr. Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign buy the silence of a pornographic film actress and a former Playboy model, both of whom claimed to have had sexual relationships with him.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena 12 people mentioned in the Mueller report, including Jared Kushner and Jeff Sessions, as part of an investigation on potential obstruction of justice by Trump pic.twitter.com/2VADgOetLg
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 11, 2019
The House will vote Tuesday to hold the Admin in contempt of Congress after defying subpoenas for documents explaining the effort to add a citizenship question to the #Census. We will hold this Admin accountable for continued obstruction & oppose efforts to undermine the census.
— Steny Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) July 11, 2019
Republican Rep. Doug Collins spoke out against the move Thursday morning:
One of the people subpoenaed today has already received a subpoena from the chairman and already produced documents. In the world of congressional oversight, these subpoenas make no sense at all. This is politics at its most desperate. pic.twitter.com/gQvtwVorn2
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) July 11, 2019
When @RepMarthaRoby asked the chairman what the format of the Mueller hearing is and why, the chairman told her that’s outside the scope of this markup…a markup specifically authorizing subpoenas related to the Mueller investigation. Simple questions get no answer. #Mindblowing
— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) July 11, 2019
President Trump had slammed the pending vote in a Twitter blast Thursday morning:
….conflicted and compromised Mueller again. He said he was “done” after his last 9 minute speech, and that he had nothing more to say outside of the No Collusion, No Obstruction, Report. Enough already, go back to work! I won, unanimously, the big Emoluments case yesterday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2019
IT’S OFFICIAL: The House Judiciary Committee has authorized Nadler to subpoena 12 key witnesses — including Kushner, Flynn, Sessions and Lewandowski. Story with @desiderioDC to come.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2019
Breaking News: The House Judiciary Committee approved a dozen new subpoenas targeting high-profile Mueller witnesses, including Jared Kushner and David Pecker https://t.co/JjJ9inQnY7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 11, 2019
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