Cindy, New York: Regarding Mueller not subpoenaing Trump, is there a rule that if the defendant takes the Fifth, the prosecutor will be barred from subpoenaing the party?
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These covered a range of subjects and forced the Senate to vote on subpoenaing documents from government agencies and subpoenaing witnesses including acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
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Nadler told Blitzer it "may come to" formally subpoenaing Mueller.
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And that would be the true purpose of subpoenaing Hunter.
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Schumer offered up several amendments related to subpoenaing documents and witnesses.
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This story was updated with news of the committees subpoenaing Pompeo.
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The panel has also been split by disputes over subpoenaing witnesses.
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He also turned up new evidence by subpoenaing AT&T phone records.
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Democrats responded by subpoenaing Sondland later Tuesday, for both documents and testimony.
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"I believe Chairman Cummings will institute the process of subpoenaing," Lynch said.
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That includes a Justice Department review of policies on subpoenaing media organizations.
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Eventually, Schumer's office told McConnell that his first offering would be subpoenaing documents.
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All this time, the threat of Mueller subpoenaing Trump was hanging over everything.
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Some have claimed that subpoenaing witnesses and documents would unnecessarily prolong this trial.
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Warner said on Thursday that he is considering subpoenaing company representatives to appear.
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Giuliani never considered the possibility that Mueller and his team might consider subpoenaing Trump?
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Some Democrats, however, appear wary of subpoenaing the special counsel for public testimony. Rep.
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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are debating subpoenaing Comey to compel his testimony.
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Collins, 67, says she is open to calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents if needed.
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Roy Blunt was asked by CNN if subpoenaing documents and witnesses might change that.
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Republicans blocked a number of proposed Democratic amendments involving subpoenaing new documents and witnesses.
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Rooney suggested that subpoenaing Stone would be a distraction from the committee's central mission.
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Schumer has called for subpoenaing key administration officials and requesting documents withheld by Trump.
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Maybe subpoenaing medical records of every short guy with a beard using a men's room?
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Mueller defends not subpoenaing the President because of the prolonged process to fight over it.
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President Donald Trump is suing House Democrats to stop them from subpoenaing his financial records.
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"We will probably be subpoenaing Judith Regan about her interaction with Roger Ailes," says Smith.
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MACCALLUM: And that he&aposs threatened members of the House Intel Committee with subpoenaing them.
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The review Sessions announced could open the door to removing those protections from subpoenaing reporters.
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Bloom says she relishes the prospect of taking Trump's deposition and subpoenaing the 'Apprentice' tapes.
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House Republicans are subpoenaing documents related to ObamaCare payments that they say break the law.
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Mr. Mueller had raised the prospect of subpoenaing Mr. Trump to Mr. Dowd in March.
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The Virginia Democrat says he is considering subpoenaing the company representatives to attend the hearing.
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Before Friday's ruling the lawsuit was paused just as Democrats began subpoenaing the Trump Organization.
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The problem for the president is that continued delay may eventually result in Mueller subpoenaing him.
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Republicans are saying there's nothing new, but that's because they voted against subpoenaing documents and witnesses.
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Democrats have also floated the idea of subpoenaing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
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Some lawmakers have proposed subpoenaing the tax returns, because Trump has refused to release them. Sen.
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The Department of Justice has also started subpoenaing records related to sex abuse from dioceses within Pennsylvania.
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"We are in the process of identifying and subpoenaing all those who walked out," Mr. Arsenault said.
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Mueller has considered subpoenaing Trump for an interview, a possibility Trump's legal team has been preparing for.
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Grassley is rejecting both requests, noting he can't make subpoenaing a witness a precursor to an agreement.
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All 47 Democrats are expected to back subpoenaing him, meaning they'll need to win over four Republicans.
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The requests are the first step to subpoenaing the records for the ongoing legal case, Avenatti indicated.
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Prosecutors usually avoid subpoenaing the lawyer of someone under investigation because of issues surrounding attorney-client privilege.
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In the letter, Cummings accuses Chaffetz of defying the interests of the investigation by not subpoenaing the records.
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They could do so by subpoenaing the document, but that requires they win a majority in either chamber.
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Ford's lawyers want to call additional witnesses, including subpoenaing Mark Judge, a classmate of Kavanaugh's and potential witness.
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He volunteered to testify, but that didn't stop House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte from subpoenaing him anyway.
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Among them: impounding election records and ballots, conducting a recount, physically reviewing documents, and interviewing and subpoenaing witnesses.
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But neither of those cases dealt directly with subpoenaing a sitting president to testify before a grand jury.
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The special counsel has continued looking into the matter, subpoenaing the firms for testimony about their Ukraine work.
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On Friday, the Republican-controlled Senate voted to move forward without calling new witnesses or subpoenaing new documents.
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He's ripped into congressional Democrats for subpoenaing an unredacted version of the report and its underlying investigatory materials.
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If the Trump Administration decides to start subpoenaing reporters or bring Espionage Act cases, that would be giant.
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Suspicious, detectives spent the next several days subpoenaing hospital records and collecting DNA samples from the baby and Figueroa.
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The ABA standard is more stringent than the Justice Department's internal rules for subpoenaing lawyers to testify against clients.
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Notably, he made no mention of subpoenaing the special counsel in a statement released shortly after Mueller finished talking.
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Then again, Mueller's team has spent months subpoenaing documents, reviewing intelligence, and deposing Trump campaign and White House staffers.
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A week ago, Goodlatte triggered the process for subpoenaing Strzok by officially notifying the top Democrat on the panel.
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Since then, Mueller's team has appeared to circle Stone in its inquiry, interviewing and subpoenaing several of his associates.
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Under current administration policies, the DOJ is supposed to notify a reporter first before subpoenaing his or her records.
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Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating President Trump and his associates, has raised the prospect of subpoenaing the president.
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Prosecutors did not warn A.M.I. before subpoenaing executives there in the spring, people with knowledge of the process said.
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In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, the department accused Democrats of being unreasonable in subpoenaing that material.
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Moreover, Mr. Whitaker could block Mr. Mueller from pursuing investigative steps, like subpoenaing Mr. Trump or issuing new indictments.
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Mr. Schiff followed up by subpoenaing documents from Mr. Maguire and requesting him to testify before the intelligence panel.
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The Senate impeachment trial opened Tuesday with its first major conflict: a fight over subpoenaing witnesses and additional evidence.
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Monday's closing arguments followed Republicans voting on Friday against calling any witnesses or subpoenaing more documents in the trial.
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Suspicious, detectives spent the next several days subpoenaing hospital records and collecting DNA samples from the baby and Clarisa Figueroa.
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On Friday, Trump lost his appeal to stop House Democrats from subpoenaing his taxes from his longtime accountant Mazars USA.
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"The only way we're going to get Mr. Kline to testify is by going to court and subpoenaing him," Rep.
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At the time, former officials from Democratic and Republican administrations argued that subpoenaing the interpreter would set a dangerous precedent.
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Prosecutors are not usually subpoenaing medical records from those whose medical care they are trying to restrict let alone punish.
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Levin also criticized Mueller for not subpoenaing Trump or taking him to federal court to solve the issue of obstruction.
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Florida-based Toonari Corporation, for example, already promises to guide insurance companies through subpoenaing activity tracker data in fraud cases.
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The big picture: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte had been considering subpoenaing Strzok to testify before Congress, per Politico.
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The latest on the Trump impeachment inquiry: House Democrats are swiftly moving forward, subpoenaing Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer.
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One reason good lawyers insist on deposing witnesses and subpoenaing documentary evidence is to avoid any unwelcome surprises at trial.
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Subpoenaing the whistleblower as a public witness is unlikely, because Democrats and even several Republicans support protecting that person's identity.
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House Democrats have not ruled out subpoenaing Bolton themselves, reviving their investigations even as the Senate has begun its trial.
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Some key Republicans seem to be moving closer to subpoenaing John Bolton, Mr. Trump's ousted national security adviser, to testify.
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The impact on privacy would seem to be the same whether the government is subpoenaing the data or buying it.
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We attacked Ken Starr because he was an overzealous prosecutor subpoenaing a mother to talk about her daughter's sex life.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee hasn't ruled out calling executives from Facebook or Twitter to testify or subpoenaing information from those companies.
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At a press conference in August, Sessions denounced leaks and announced that the department was reviewing its policies for subpoenaing reporters.
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In addition to subpoenaing Kakanis, Mueller's team subpoenaed Jason Sullivan, Stone's former social media adviser, to appear before the grand jury.
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Clapper expressed skepticism, however, about subpoenaing the records of Trump's meetings, suggesting it would set a dangerous precedent for future leaders.
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Warner called for the company to testify on the matter publicly, adding that he is considering subpoenaing company representatives to appear.
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"'Oversight' and 'transparency,' in a vacuum, are not legitimate legislative purposes that can justify subpoenaing a private citizen," the suit says.
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Democrats made the process as uncomfortable as possible by forcing hours of debate and 11 votes on subpoenaing witnesses and documents.
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The coalition of attorneys general will soon be subpoenaing Google for information pertaining to its search and Android services, CNBC reported.
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He raised the possibility of subpoenaing Pompeo if the secretary does not appear voluntarily, but said no decision has been made.
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Mueller likely did not have the same hesitation as the House Intelligence Committee in subpoenaing the identity of the blocked caller.
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He said Congress was already limited from subpoenaing "things," so, for instance, they probably couldn't subpoena a blood sample from the president.
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The fact that they're subpoenaing Trump Jr. is a strong signal that he declined a request to appear before the committee again.
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The grand jury investigation involved the subpoenaing of a staggering half-million pages of reports from dioceses and churches over two years.
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Adam Schiff, the top Democrat in the House Intelligence Committee, says the panel will join the Senate Intelligence Committee in subpoenaing Flynn.
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He refused to answer questions about his prosecution but went into detail about his decisions on other issues like not subpoenaing Trump.
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As a former federal prosecutor, I have conducted dozens of grand jury investigations and subpoenaing someone to testify is a serious matter.
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Between the lines: Republicans are calling all of the shots when it comes to introducing legislation or subpoenaing information from the administration.
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According to the Times, the White House's legal braintrust doesn't think Mueller would actually risk taking the step of subpoenaing the president.
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The former GOP lawmakers said in their brief that the Constitution doesn't bar subpoenaing the president for documents related to unofficial actions.
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Mitt Romney of Utah will vote in favor of subpoenaing records related to Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine, Romney's spokesperson said Friday.
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Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has been calling for Hunter Biden to appear in the Senate, could conceivably offer amendments subpoenaing witnesses.
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If Mr. Trump does not agree to an interview, Mr. Mueller is reportedly considering subpoenaing him to testify before a grand jury.
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After subpoenaing him last fall, the House withdrew its request before the court could rule on compelling his testimony for the record.
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On Friday, Feinstein and Grassley left the door open to subpoenaing either of the men in the future if they stopped cooperating.
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The FBI is investigating those charges, and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported in December that a grand jury is subpoenaing witnesses.
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Giuliani said that if the Mueller team tried to force the issue by subpoenaing the president, it would be fighting a losing battle.
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Meanwhile, Republicans on Capitol Hill upped the political pressure on Clinton by subpoenaing three technology companies involved in her unusual home server setup.
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As part of the inquiry, the committees have begun subpoenaing relevant documents and calling on witnesses to testify in open and closed sessions.
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Sunday night, the judge issued guidance for the hearing, subpoenaing two elections officials to talk about the specifics of the process on Wednesday.
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House Democrats could look into subpoenaing the full report or demand Mueller's testimony if they are unsatisfied with what they receive from Barr.
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House Democrats are talking to their lawyers about subpoenaing Trump's translator to get whatever details they can about the president's meetings with Putin.
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Mitt Romney of Utah will vote in favor of subpoenaing records related to Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine, Romney's spokesperson said on Friday.
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And if they can't get any help subpoenaing documents from the administration, it's not the stupidest political decision to call this a coverup.
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Mike Quigley, an Illinois Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, did not rule out calling on Giuliani to testify or even subpoenaing him.
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Trump's legal strategy so far in fighting congressional subpoenas has been to argue that Democrats lacked a "legitimate legislative purpose" in subpoenaing him.
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Moreover, in the Watergate case, the Iran-Contra investigation, and Bill Clinton's impeachment saga, subpoenaing the president was considered unquestionably legal and appropriate.
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Warner is considering subpoenaing Twitter to get it to comply with the investigation, but said he would prefer to work collaboratively with the company.
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The state attorneys general had begun subpoenaing Trump's companies for records related to the Trump International Hotel before an appeals court paused the action.
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Once we have the lawsuit filed, we will be subpoenaing Twitter for the... ...identity of the individual who engaged in this cross-state assault.
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They say House investigators have since inappropriately tried to persuade the Senate to complete the task for them by subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents.
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The House opted against subpoenaing these witnesses, arguing that a protracted court fight would allow Trump to run out the clock and escape accountability.
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One source said that lawmakers were apprehensive about immediately subpoenaing Facebook because they don't want to start a full-on war with the company.
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Collins took issue with the fact that the committee had not even contacted a handful of witnesses before subpoenaing them to compel their cooperation.
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It is arranging for hearings with key witnesses, subpoenaing crucial documents, and refusing to flinch in the face of resistance from the executive branch.
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The Post also reported that Mueller had suggested subpoenaing Trump to appear before a grand jury if he declined to interview in the probe.
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Every Republican voted against subpoenaing Bolton as part of a rules resolution that passed the chamber last week, delaying the decision until mid-trial.
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They say agreeing to witnesses could give the minority leader carte blanche to force additional votes on subpoenaing more witnesses and documents, sources say.
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Still, moderate Republicans preferred the language of this resolution that will require a debate followed by a vote on subpoenaing new witnesses and documents.
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CNN reported Sunday that Mueller had deliberated at length about subpoenaing Trump before deciding not to make a formal request within the Justice Department.
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The special counsel considered subpoenaing Trump because of dissatisfaction with written responses to prosecutors' questions but elected not to do so, the judge observed.
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They are hedging that Mueller would not risk subpoenaing Trump if the special counsel believed he might lose a high-profile fight in court.
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Democrats were left grumbling that it was a largely meaningless gesture that only distracted from the more important issue of subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents.
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Medical board investigators took the unusual step of subpoenaing 12 school districts for student medical records after receiving complaints that Kennedy was writing inappropriate exemptions.
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Lamar Smith (R-TX), who has denied that humans are changing the climate and spent years subpoenaing climate scientists for research documents, emails, and correspondence.
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If they believe her account to be credible, the FBI will then take further steps, including possibly subpoenaing the cellphone records of her and Adams.
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Fusion GPS asserted in its filing Friday that Nunes did not give the firm required notice that he was subpoenaing the bank for its records.
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"It's my understanding that Chairman Goodlatte will be subpoenaing him very soon," Chabot, who is running to be the next Judiciary chairman, said on Hill.
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Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, wouldn't commit to next steps in regards to Cohen -- up to and including subpoenaing the lawyer to testify.
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Under the Obama administration, the Justice Department came under fire for subpoenaing outgoing call records from 20 phone lines belonging to AP reporters or editors.
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Portland was also moving ahead with subpoenaing Uber on Greyball, an official there said on Friday, affirming that the federal action was a criminal investigation.
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Republicans voted to table the Democrats' amendment, but a small core of Republicans may support subpoenaing witnesses and documents later, like in the Clinton trial.
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Dianne Feinstein have flexed their muscle on possibly subpoenaing witnesses and documents related to Russian interference in the election and any possible obstruction of justice.
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Schumer said he will force Republicans to vote on subpoenaing four key witnesses and three sets of documents when the Senate debates the organizing resolution.
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Lawyers for Mr. Zangrillo are now subpoenaing U.S.C. for information about how the university more generally tracks applicants and their financial ties to the institution.
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Democrats tried to exert pressure on vulnerable Republicans up for reelection in 2020 by forcing them to take repeated votes against subpoenaing the Trump administration.
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This puts the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has fought House and Senate Democrats over the possibility of subpoenaing high-profile witnesses.
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Senate Democrats have called for subpoenaing four witnesses, including former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
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Feinstein and Grassley, the panel's top two lawmakers, left the door open to subpoenaing either of the men in the future if they stopped cooperating.
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But Republicans are likely to have enough votes to block subpoenaing additional witnesses and evidence, instead moving to acquit Trump as early as Friday night. Sen.
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The section of the manual that lays out procedures for subpoenaing journalists, which was last updated under Attorney General Eric Holder, is under review, Rosenstein said.
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But subpoenaing the lawyer of someone under investigation is a tactic prosecutors usually avoid, according to CNN, because it could raise issues of attorney-client privilege.
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Mueller has reportedly raised the possibility of subpoenaing Trump as part of his investigation into any Trump campaign connection to Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
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Mueller has previously subpoenaed former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and several of his associates, as well as subpoenaing several banks to obtain Manafort's financial records.
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Schiff, an experienced committee chair and ranking member, is taking the lead on the impeachment inquiry, calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents as part of the investigation.
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The committee leaders would claim that they had legitimate legislative purposes in subpoenaing actors, professors and government employees to interrogate them about their past political affiliations.
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The Senate was voting against subpoenaing witnesses or evidence, making the President's acquittal all but certain before the plane's final descent into West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Mark Milley, Engel raised the possibility of subpoenaing Pompeo if he would not appear voluntarily at the open hearing, but said no decisions had been made.
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McConnell's organizing resolution will allow debate and votes on subpoenaing additional witnesses after the opening arguments are heard and senators have a chance to ask questions.
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After revelations of Rosselló's text exchanges with members of his staff, some critics said Vazquez dragged her feet on subpoenaing phones of those involved in the chat.
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The Washington Post later reported that Mueller also raised the possibility of subpoenaing Trump to compel his testimony before a grand jury should he refuse an interview.
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Two congressional panels are also considering subpoenaing the American interpreter present at the Helsinki meeting to testify — a proposal swiftly rejected by Republicans in the last Congress.
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Two congressional panels are also considering subpoenaing the American interpreter present at the Helsinki meeting to testify — a proposal swiftly defeated by Republicans in the last Congress.
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That souring has coincided with contentious conversations between the special counsel and Trump's legal team in which the possibility of Mueller subpoenaing Trump to testify was broached.
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Legal analysts say Whitaker, in theory, could prevent Mueller from subpoenaing Trump to testify before the grand jury, a prospect that is already subject to legal debate.
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MORE (D-Ga.), a Judiciary member, declined to say whether he supported subpoenaing Mueller and added that he's open to hearing arguments for Mueller to testify privately.
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Mueller's report revealed that the special counsel had considered subpoenaing Trump for answers to several questions, but decided against the move because it would take too long.
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Over the course of Tuesday, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered amendment after amendment aimed at slowing the trial and subpoenaing evidentiary materials, Republicans sat listlessly.
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"I do think that, as I said, it's important that we have an up-or-down vote on the issue of subpoenaing witnesses and documents," she said.
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It became clearer on Thursday night that the Senate trial is all but certain to come to a swift end without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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"I do think that, as I said, it's important that we have an up-or-down vote on the issue of subpoenaing witnesses and documents," Collins said.
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In May, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued a sweeping rebuke to Trump's lawsuit to block Democrats from subpoenaing records from his longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA.
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The letter did not provide details, but it appeared to refer to the subpoenaing of phone records of Associated Press journalists, which the AP revealed in May 2013.
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Schmack sought out additional evidence, including subpoenaing AT&T for old phone records, and concluded McCullough's alibi held up and that the FBI got it right in 1957.
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While he has floated the possibility of subpoenaing Trump, he has never explicitly threatened to do so, and the Trump team believes he will not pursue that option.
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Chance responded by subpoenaing Gourneau's financial records—presumably to prove that he was the dick-sender—and Gourneau was arrested and charged with misdemeanor harassment in December 2018.
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Democrats are defending these moves and others — including demanding Trump's tax returns and subpoenaing Trump's accounting firm for his personal financial records — as part of their oversight responsibilities.
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But for now, at least, they have shelved the idea of subpoenaing Mr. Trump's former national security adviser, who was a central figure in the president's impeachment trial.
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It's not clear whether the votes will be there for Democrats, as four Republican senators would need to join with them in voting for subpoenaing documents and witnesses.
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So they focused their efforts on pushing for the trial to include testimony from witnesses and subpoenaing documents that the White House blocked during the House's impeachment inquiry.
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The Maine senator said on Monday that the upper chamber should consider subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents after House impeachment managers and Trump's defense present their opening arguments.
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The idea behind the Democrats' subpoenaing Mr. Mueller was to create a TV version, or at least an audiobook, of the much-discussed and less-read Mueller Report.
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The allegation from Bolton's unpublished draft comes as Republicans appear to have enough support for the Senate trial to wrap up, without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Washington-based firm Fusion GPS cannot block the House Intelligence Committee from subpoenaing the firm's financial records, according to court documents.
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Now, those staffers must also deal with additional complexities brought on by the impeachment process, even prior to the subpoenaing of two National Security Council officials: Vindman and Morrison.
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Graham acknowledged he doesn't yet know of three other Republicans to vote against subpoenaing Hunter Biden but his opposition to the move all but guarantees that it won't happen.
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But McConnell hasn't yet signed onto the idea and would prefer to avoid subpoenaing new witnesses and risking a battle over executive privilege that could extend the trial indefinitely.
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Trump's personal lawyers contend the committee overstepped its authority by subpoenaing the president's personal records, arguing the committee failed to identify a legitimate "legislative purpose" to support its demands.
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They emphasized the House had rushed and not done its own work (like not subpoenaing former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who now appears to be a critical witness).
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Lamar Alexander of Tennessee would oppose calling witnesses, a decision that all but ensures the trial will come to a swift end without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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Smith said the committee would consider using "compulsory process" against Homeland Security if it continues to buck the request, which would amount to subpoenaing the department for the documents.
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The critical rhetoric between the two parties represented on the House committee has intensified in recent weeks, with the ranking member frequently blasting the chairman for not subpoenaing witnesses.
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But there are nuggets in the report that were previously unknown -- most notably a batch of phone logs that Democrats say were obtained by subpoenaing third-party phone records.
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You rejected a number of the proposals that are important to Dr. Ford to ensure that the process would be a fair one, including subpoenaing Mark Judge to testify.
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Mr. Bannon is still under subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee, which took the unusual step of subpoenaing him as he was being interviewed by its members on Tuesday.
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By early September, the scope of what Trump would agree to do — what Mueller could get without subpoenaing the president and facing an extended court fight — had been narrowed significantly.
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And you were promised documents according to the published reports, sir, and those documents that you have been subpoenaing and requesting and Trey Gowdy has been and Devin Nunes has.
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In Arizona, McSally has taken criticism from former allies for repeatedly evading questions from reporters before the Senate trial on where she stood on the question of subpoenaing new evidence.
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One avenue, he suggested, was subpoenaing Apple engineers to testify before a Grand Jury about how Apple would access locked devices, essentially walking prosecutors through how to do it themselves.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded a number of actions, including subpoenaing senior Trump staffers to try to find out what the president said during his private meeting with Putin.
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Sources told CNN he's raised the possibility of subpoenaing the President if Trump doesn't agree to an interview -- determined to get the testimony he needs to complete his comprehensive investigation.
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The House Intelligence Committee, under Schiff, will lead the charge, subpoenaing witnesses, holding public hearings and, ultimately, delivering a report to Nadler's Judiciary Committee with recommendations on how to proceed.
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In a letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone last month, Cummings warned that the panel would begin subpoenaing officials if the White House did not comply with the requests.
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However, it's the questions raised by the Clinton episode about subpoenaing and indicting a sitting president that are more relevant to today's investigation of Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Given the fact Mueller said his decision not to testify was his and his alone, committee chairs were hesitant to take the step of subpoenaing him, but eventually chose to.
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The endgame of the trial is set this week after the Senate voted last week to defeat a motion for subpoenaing witnesses and documents, which would have extended the proceedings.
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If the Senate votes at the end of phase one against subpoenaing witnesses, then it will not be possible to consider additional motions on specific witnesses, according to McConnell's resolution.
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The senate Democrats asked Johnson to launch an investigation into Russia's election interference by subpoenaing individuals from the government and private sector and scheduling regular public hearings on the matter.
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February 26, 1999: After subpoenaing Syed's cell phone records, the police decide to bring in Jenn Pusateri for questioning, as she's the person called most on the day of Lee's disappearance.
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The process: Both the House and Senate committees are subpoenaing documents, scheduling private interviews with witnesses and potential targets of the probes, and preparing for both public and closed-door hearings.
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Consovoy said Democrats had repeatedly made clear that subpoenaing Trump wasn't about adopting legislation, and that Congress's oversight power was more about the actions of federal agencies, not the president himself.
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Just two Republican senators, however, have said they would agree to join Democrats in subpoenaing Bolton — meaning the Senate's vote for more witnesses later on Friday is almost certain to fail.
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Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller raised the notion of subpoenaing President Donald Trump in at least one meeting with the President's lawyers, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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Given the fact that Mueller said his decision not to testify was his and his alone, committee chairs were hesitant to take the step of subpoenaing him, but eventually chose to.
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It meant less time subpoenaing police officers for marijuana prosecutions that had zero impact on public safety, and more time preparing for more consequential prosecutions of assault, theft and domestic violence.
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That may explain why prosecutors did not follow typical Justice Department protocol to avoid subpoenaing news organizations when possible, and to give journalists advance warning when demanding documents or other information.
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After that, the sides will debate for a maximum of four hours on whether to consider subpoenaing witnesses or documents at all, followed by a vote on whether to do so.
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If they find her account credible, they will take other investigative steps, which could include subpoenaing both her cellphone records and those of Adams from their service providers, the official said.
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The closest case is from Mississippi, where a federal court determined Section 230 prevents the state's attorney general from broadly subpoenaing Google for vague violations of state criminal and consumer protection laws.
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By subpoenaing for the full, unredacted report, Democrats are arguing they need the full picture to move forward with their own investigations and determinations on whether Trump committed criminal obstruction of justice.
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In this case, Trump had sued to stop the House Oversight Committee from subpoenaing the accounting firm Mazars USA for eight years of his personal and business financial records and other documents.
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Y.) and Hakeem JeffriesHakeem Sekou JeffriesAbortion protester briefly interrupts impeachment trial Senate rejects subpoenaing Mulvaney to testify in impeachment trial Jeffries: Even Nixon didn't block White House aides from testifying MORE (N.
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance asked a federal judge in a court filing Monday to reject President Trump's attempts to stop New York prosecutors from subpoenaing his corporate and personal tax returns.
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He has frequently retweeted op-eds and other coverage during the impeachment trial calling out GOP lawmakers, who have largely been opposed to subpoenaing more documents or witnesses beyond the House's impeachment inquiry.
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One route might be to recap the Mueller probe's greatest hits for the public, by subpoenaing his witnesses and cooperators — people like Manafort and Cohen — for fresh rounds of open testimony before Congress.
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Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Mr. Trump and his associates, raised the prospect of subpoenaing the president during a March meeting with his lead lawyer at the time, John Dowd.
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In the week to come, the biggest outstanding question is whether Senate Democrats will be able to sway at least four Republicans to join them in voting for the subpoenaing of new witnesses.
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In another departure from the Clinton resolution, House managers will not be able to enter evidence compiled from the House impeachment inquiry until after the Senate votes on subpoenaing additional documents and witnesses.
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Instead of having to get the five S.E.C. commissioners to sign off on a formal investigation, which allows subpoenaing documents and witnesses, now the director has that authority, allowing quicker development of investigations.
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While at first it seemed the news could produce new support among Republicans for subpoenaing Bolton to testify, the motion was narrowly defeated Friday in a victory for the White House and GOP leaders.
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Sessions announced at a news conference on Friday morning that the department is reviewing its policies for subpoenaing reporters, suggesting that Obama-era guidelines that placed limits on the practice could be rolled back.
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Subpoenaing the president's son is a dramatic move that we might have eventually expected from the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, so it's noteworthy that a Republican-controlled body is taking this step first.
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Conservatives contend that executive privilege shields a president's interpreter from reporting to Congress, while warning that subpoenaing her would create a dangerous precedent that could come back to haunt future presidents of either party.
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Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee plan to hold a vote next week on subpoenaing the former White House personnel security director in their investigation into the White House's security clearance process.
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The investigation into Russian meddling in the 2125 election has expanded to include President Trump's family business, with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, subpoenaing the Trump Organization for documents related to Russia.
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If the underlying accusation — President Trump withheld foreign aid for his own political gain — is totally fine and not impeachable, why bother hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents that would prove he did that?
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If the underlying accusation — President Trump withheld foreign aid for his own political gain — is totally fine and not impeachable, why bother hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents that would prove he did that?
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The sixth amendment proposes subpoenaing Robert Blair -- a senior aide to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney -- and Michael Duffey -- the Office of Management and Budget associate director for national security programs.
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Will Congress step up to the plate and act with due diligence to ascertain whether anything was hidden by subpoenaing the note takers of the conversation, their notes, any recordings and the full transcript?
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Several GOP senators said any conversation on witnesses would quickly turn to subpoenaing Hunter Biden, who has come under scrutiny for his role advising Ukrainian gas company Burisma while his father was vice president.
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A woman who has accused President Trump of groping her in 2007 is subpoenaing his campaign for any documents on "any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately," BuzzFeed News reported Sunday.
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Prosecutors are already subpoenaing witnesses to testify against Roger Stone, the Trump associate whose trial for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing lawmakers' Russia probes won't begin for another six-and-a-half months.
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Mueller then went on to explain the real reason he chose not to force Trump to submit to questioning: Subpoenaing Trump and fighting his likely inevitable challenge to a subpoena would've taken way too long.
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Democrats have made a repeated push for subpoenaing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton, but it's unclear four Republicans will join them to enact their demands.
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Mr. Vance's assistants have also expanded the Weinstein inquiry to include possible financial crimes involving Mr. Weinstein's former production company, subpoenaing a wide range of records to determine if he misused company funds or resources.
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Polling from Hart Research found that 63 percent of voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina would react unfavorably if their senator voted against calling witnesses or subpoenaing documents during the Senate impeachment trial.
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Congressional Democrats have taken an aggressive approach, subpoenaing six years of Mr. Trump's tax returns from the Treasury Department, as well as personal and corporate financial records from Deutsche Bank, Capital One and Mazars USA.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday opened yet another front in what's become a bicoastal legal fight to keep his tax returns secret, suing New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance for subpoenaing the tax documents.
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Congressional Democrats have taken an aggressive approach, subpoenaing six years of Mr. Trump's tax returns from the Treasury Department, as well as personal and corporate financial records from Deutsche Bank, Capital One and Mazars USA.
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The FBI then targeted Anderson by arresting his partner, Les Whitten, "and then used that arrest as a pretext for subpoenaing Anderson and Whitten's telephone records — allowing them to trace the reporters' sources," Feldstein writes.
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US District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a 41-page opinion that the House Oversight Committee had presented "facially valid legislative purposes" in subpoenaing Mazars LLP for financial records related to Trump and his eponymous businesses.
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Washington (CNN)Democrats aimed a fresh dagger at Donald Trump's inner circle by subpoenaing documents from his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as the President struggled to parry an aggressive impeachment gambit on a day of rapid developments.
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Democratic lawmakers would have a whole basket of tools at their disposal to create headaches for the White House and GOP if they were in power, from blocking the president's agenda to subpoenaing Trump administration officials.
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Democrats had hoped Mueller would willingly agree to testify in front of Congress, but Nadler also floated the option of subpoenaing the special counsel in May if Trump tried to claim executive privilege to block it.
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In a meeting with Mr. Trump's lawyers this year, Mr. Mueller threatened to take the extraordinary step of subpoenaing the president to testify before a grand jury if he did not sit for a voluntary interview.
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Judge Jackson, an Obama appointee, ruled in 2016 that the Obama administration could not use the privilege to block Congress from subpoenaing documents whose "sum and substance" were already revealed in a public inspector general report.
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It's not clear whether Schiff's calls for courage have pushed any Republican senators toward breaking with the president and their party leaders on the key votes coming up next week surrounding summoning witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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"It's important that we have an up-or-down vote on the issue of subpoenaing witnesses and documents, and I worked very hard to get that included into the governing resolution," Collins told reporters on Wednesday.
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While McConnell agreed to guarantee a vote at a later date on subpoenaing witnesses, he did not include a similar guarantee for a vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment — further earning points with GOP moderates.
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Senate leaders in both parties have worked with senators to craft questions that will be asked, as Republicans push for an end to the trial while Democrats make their case for calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents.
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So he asked the CHIPS lawyer if he wouldn't mind getting together with a few other agents and a prosecutor or two to explain to them the kind of information they could get through subpoenaing the system.
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Senate Republicans thought it was unlikely a vote on subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents would end in a tie, which may have put pressure on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to cast a tie-breaking vote.
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"Then they'll be trapped into appealing to the Supreme Court, and we'll see whether or not the [Brett] Kavanaugh [Supreme Court] fight was worth it," Gingrich said on the topic of Democrats possibly subpoenaing Trump's tax returns.
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Democrats would like to avoid subpoenaing the special counsel after his 22-month investigation, but they are not ruling it out as they may have no other recourse if they wish to see him on Capitol Hill.
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It's part of the left's war on the right MORE revised Justice Department rules in 2013, imposing new limits on subpoenaing journalists' notes and other information that could help law enforcement officials identify leakers and anonymous sources.
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Robert Mueller has raised the possibility of subpoenaing President Donald Trump to compel him to testify in the Russia investigation — a sign that the special counsel won't back away quietly from his request to interview the president.
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Meanwhile, the Senate committee said Friday that it was subpoenaing Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of a firm tied to a salacious dossier containing largely unverified opposition research on President Trump, to appear at the hearing Wednesday.
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Specifically, United States Attorney's Manual section 9-11.150 (Subpoenaing Targets of the Investigation) would require that if a voluntary appearance cannot be obtained, the target should be subpoenaed only after the Acting Attorney General approves the subpoena.
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Multiple federal courts have upheld the legality of special counsel Robert Mueller's appointment and endorsed actions he took, such as subpoenaing witnesses to testify before a grand jury and bringing criminal charges against some senior Trump aides.
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Alexander said late Thursday he would oppose calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial, a decision that meant the trial was all but certain to come to a swift end without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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They have used their time to reinforce the House Republican theme that impeachment is a sham and unfair to Mr. Trump — urging the Senate to swiftly dispose of the case without subpoenaing any additional documents or testimony.
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Mr. McConnell managed to eke out the 51 votes he needed to prevent the Senate from subpoenaing witnesses like John R. Bolton, Mr. Trump's former national security adviser, whose forthcoming book confirms the allegations against Mr. Trump.
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In his letter, the New York Democrat proposed a trial date of January 7 and called for subpoenaing several senior Trump officials, including Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton, who refused to participate in the House impeachment inquiry.
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The end of September was an inconvenient time for lawmakers to leave Washington for a two-week recess, just days after Pelosi formalized the House's impeachment inquiry and investigators began collecting evidence and subpoenaing witnesses in earnest.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee also hasn't ruled out subpoenaing Facebook officials to publicly testify about how Russia may have used the social media platform to influence the 2016 election, a person familiar with the investigation told the Journal.
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For example, instead of subpoenaing Mr. Trump's tax returns, Democrats should push for a law requiring the president to disclose his or her finances and place them in a truly blind trust within 90 days of taking office.
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In Congress, Chaffetz is not the only one who has reached out to Comey — the Senate Intelligence Committee invited Comey to testify in both closed and open sessions last week as well, in addition to subpoenaing Flynn's records.
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Collins told reporters at Monday evening votes that the Senate should follow the 1999 precedent and consider the question of subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents only after House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team present their opening arguments.
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Ford's attorneys also have made some requests that the committee won't accommodate — such as subpoenaing Mark Judge, whom Ford alleges was in the room when Kavanaugh groped and forced himself on her when both were in high school.
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Mueller also considered subpoenaing Trump for an interview over several months, CNN reports, and Barr says in his letter Mueller spoke with other department officials in weighing obstruction case decisions, potentially creating even more of a paper trail.
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Trump's rally came hours after Judge Amit Mehta of the DC District Court decisively ruled against Trump in his effort to prevent House Democrats from subpoenaing 10 years of his financial records from the accounting firm Mazars USA.
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Washington (CNN)Former White House counsel John Dean, whose testimony in the Watergate investigation helped topple Richard Nixon's presidency, said Wednesday that Robert Mueller did not "vigorously pursue" subpoenaing President Donald Trump as part of his special counsel's investigation.
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The former special counsel and former FBI director defended not subpoenaing the President because of the prolonged process to fight over it -- a move Dean, who is a CNN contributor, likened to not pushing for the infamous Nixon tapes.
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Boal, who's known for award-winning films "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty," filed a lawsuit last month in federal court in Los Angeles against the government in hopes of preventing it from subpoenaing his interviews with Bergdahl.
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The House is asking a full appeals court to rehear its case for subpoenaing former White House counsel Don McGahn after a divided three-judge panel ruled last week that congressional subpoenas of the executive branch are legally unenforceable.
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If the Republican majority was going to acquit the president, and if it was going to voting against calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents that might weaken his defense, the Democrats would make sure that the viewing audience knew it.
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That was discussed but not acted on, two former officials said, because interviewing witnesses or subpoenaing documents might thrust the investigation into public view, exactly what F.B.I. officials were trying to avoid during the heat of the presidential race.
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John Barrasso (R-WY) went on CNN and basically said he was bored by Schiff's presentation — never mind that he and every other Republican senator voted repeatedly on Tuesday night to block Democrats from subpoenaing new documents and testimony.
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The defeat came via the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which in a pair of rulings rejected Trump's bid for a rehearing of his lawsuit trying to block Democrats from subpoenaing one of his accounting firms.
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The new -- and significant -- information Much of the narrative in the report was well known, but the document does contain new information, notably a batch of phone logs that Democrats say were obtained by subpoenaing third-party phone records.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC is fighting a bid to block it from subpoenaing a medical journal that published a study linking the use of the anti-nausea drug Zofran during pregnancy to birth defects that the company says was funded by plaintiffs' lawyers.
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President Donald Trump's call to action has been heard: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is "taking a stand" against leakers and "reviewing" policies against subpoenaing reporters to force them to reveal their sources or potentially face jail time, he announced Friday.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. to testify over the Russia Investigation: Perhaps some people will take pleasure from imagining Trump's son testifying in hopes it will shed some light on this long, national, election hacking nightmare. IDK!
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Democrats had hoped Mueller would agree to testify in front of Congress, but House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler had also floated the option of subpoenaing the special counsel if President Donald Trump tried to claim executive privilege to block it.
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The department's internal manual requires prosecutors in most cases to get permission from the attorney general before subpoenaing a journalist or using a subpoena to seize a reporter's records from a third party, such as a telecommunications or email service provider.
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House Democrats have dangled the possibility of subpoenaing the contents of Mueller's closing documentation from the Justice Department and have floated demanding Mueller's own public testimony if they are unsatisfied with the information Barr provides to Congress or the public.
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Mueller floated the possibility of subpoenaing Trump to testify before a grand jury if he refused to sit down for an interview with the special counsel, The Washington Post first reported on Tuesday, citing four people familiar with the encounter.
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Mueller acknowledged that Trump's written answers on Russian interference "were certainly not as useful as an interview would be" but he said the office ultimately decided against subpoenaing Trump because of the significant delay it would have caused to the investigation.
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The special counsel's team has been interviewing and subpoenaing several Stone associates and former Trump campaign officials in an apparent effort to drill down on Stone's links to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and any knowledge he had about the hacked emails.
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Democrats had hoped Mueller would willingly agree to testify in front of Congress, but House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler also floated the option of subpoenaing the special counsel last month if Trump tried to claim executive privilege to block it.
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"We still plan to issue a subpoena for the Blue Star documents — we will be subpoenaing Blue Star directly," a committee source said, adding that the subpoena will seek the same documents but it will be addressed to a different entity.
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The plans also include retaliation measures against states that limit access to records, such as closing down DHS offices there, refusing to accept their state identification, cutting TSA PreCheck services, and potentially subpoenaing for drivers' licenses provided to undocumented immigrants.
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Senators are expecting a lengthy battle over rules and procedure on Tuesday for the first real day of the trial, which could wrap up as soon as next week, depending on how senators vote on the question of subpoenaing additional evidence.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he would move to set aside any efforts by Democrats to force an early vote on subpoenaing witnesses and documents during afternoon proceedings in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
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The congresswoman used her time late in the hearing to build on the case for subpoenaing Trump's tax returns, asking Cohen to confirm reports about Trump deflating the value of his assets to avoid paying more in real estate taxes.
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The committees first subpoenaed Mulvaney to turn over documents in October, but subpoenaing him to appear for a hearing is a further escalation, and signals the committees are determined to hear him describe firsthand his role in the Ukraine saga.
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Trump's reported comments come as House Democrats have widened their impeachment inquiry into Trump, subpoenaing the White House on Friday for documents related to their investigation -- a move dubbed "wasted time" by the White House -- and requesting documents from Vice President Mike Pence.
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They also stepped up their post-Mueller investigations by subpoenaing President Donald Trump's former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in their investigation into whether the President obstructed justice, even as Trump sued to block another committee from accessing his financial records.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In what is likely to be their first public use of subpoena power since taking over the U.S. House of Representatives in January, Democrats were set to vote on Tuesday on subpoenaing documents on the Trump administration's migrant family separation policy.
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"I have believed since Day One that if Mueller thought subpoenaing the president was the right approach, he would have done it six months ago instead of this never-ending negotiation," said Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor who worked with Mueller.
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Wary of a move that has little public support, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and prominent committee leaders have avoided talk of impeachment and have focused on learning what Attorney General William Barr redacted from the report, as well as subpoenaing testimony and documents.
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To do so will require a delicate balance between energizing liberals, who are more prone to support aggressive steps like subpoenaing Bolton, and protecting moderates in battleground districts, who have struggled through the impeachment debate and are pleased to be beyond it. Rep.
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Later Tuesday afternoon, the Justice Department may take a position for an appeals court on whether Trump can stop House Democrats from subpoenaing an accounting firm for his tax returns from when he was a private citizen, according to a court order.
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Mr. Mueller replied that he had to question Mr. Trump to determine whether he had criminal intent when he took actions like firing Mr. Comey and raised the possibility of subpoenaing Mr. Trump to appear before a grand jury, the person said.
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The Democratic leader emphasized that the percentage of Americans who favor subpoenaing additional witnesses and evidence for the trial continues to tick above 21625 percent and that over 2900 percent support removing Trump from office, according to lawmakers familiar with the meeting.
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Controversy could also follow if the job goes to Robert Higdon, the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina who recently played a role in subpoenaing voter records from North Carolina as part of an administration inquiry into voter fraud.
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Still, Democrats are bracing for fights over subpoenaing witnesses and documents — including, possibly, Mr. Trump's tax returns — since Republicans have balked at an outside, independent inquiry into what intelligence officials say was an unprecedented intrusion into an American election by a foreign power.
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Schumer also called for subpoenaing several senior Trump officials to testify, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, senior adviser to Mulvaney, Robert Blair, former national security adviser John Bolton, and Michael Duffey of the Office of Management and Budget.
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House Democrats escalated their impeachment inquiry into Trump late Friday, subpoenaing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents related to Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and anything related to Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani's outreach to the Ukrainian government.
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In his letter to McConnell, Schumer explains what he envisions the rules resolution looking like for the Trump trial, including the schedule of the proceedings, the witnesses he's interested in subpoenaing, and the documents he'd like to request from the White House.
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Because WhatsApp is encrypted in a way that not even Facebook can read the messages — thus preventing oppressive regimes from subpoenaing Facebook for the messages — there aren't many good options to moderate links and other content from propagandists or well-meaning-but-incorrect uncles.
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Now that the impeachment trial is in the rearview mirror, Democrats may also reconsider subpoenaing top White House aides who refused to appear voluntarily, including senior budget officials with firsthand knowledge of Trump's intent when he withheld $391 million in military aid to Ukraine.
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By subpoenaing Lewandowski, the committee hopes it can avoid the executive privilege fight with the White House, which has directed McGahn, former White House communications director Hope Hicks and former deputy White House counsel Annie Donaldson not to answer questions beyond the 2016 election.
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The department's rules require investigators to exhaust all other ways to obtain the information they are seeking before examining reporters' phone logs or subpoenaing journalists for notes or testimony that could force them to help investigators identify their confidential sources, or face imprisonment for contempt.
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Live coverage: Senators query impeachment managers, Trump defense MORE (D-Calif.), the lead impeachment manager, has defended not subpoenaing Bolton, arguing that they would've still be fighting the former Trump official in the courts for his testimony if they had gone down that path.
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However, Whittington and Stern also noted that while Cipollone's letter included the straightforward claim that the House needed to vote on impeachment before subpoenaing people or demanding documents, the White House counsel also made a variety of other arguments that the House's process was unconstitutional.
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Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said late Thursday he would oppose calling witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a decision that means the trial is all but certain to come to a swift end without hearing from witnesses or subpoenaing documents.
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Republicans added the Democrat's comments to their ever-expanding list of reasons to oppose extending the proceedings by demanding budget documents and subpoenaing witnesses such as Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, and John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser.
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"Congress must do everything it can to recover these critical text messages, including subpoenaing Strzok and Page's cell carriers and requesting the FBI perform a full forensic exam of their employees' phones in an attempt to recover the messages," Zeldin said in a statement.
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Geoff Garin, the president of the firm, released polling in early January showing that 6900 percent of voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina would react unfavorably if the Republican incumbents in those states voted against subpoenaing new witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial.
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Wolfe's attorney Preston Burton said in court Tuesday that if the case goes to trial, they anticipated that the judge would have to address issues related to the subpoenaing of journalists and news outlets, as well as requests for members of Congress and congressional staffers to testify.
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Some House Democrats have talked about subpoenaing Mr. Bolton to testify on their side of the Capitol even though the trial is over, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders have indicated that they do not want to proceed with such a move at this point.
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The statements of these two crucial votes are a setback for Schumer and Pelosi who have been pressing GOP moderates hard over the past several weeks to insist on an opening resolution for the trial that would set the table for subpoenaing key witnesses and documents.
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"A court should refrain from embroiling itself in an interbranch dispute without any imprimatur from Congress as a whole, particularly where the Committee's primary asserted need for subpoenaing McGahn—his potential testimony related to an obstruction-of-justice impeachment charge ... appears to be moot," the department wrote.
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House Democrats curiously refrained from subpoenaing Bolton before, but there is no legal reason why House Democrats could not subpoena him now; although the House has voted on articles of impeachment, it retains the ability to investigate and, if necessary, amend or vote on new Articles.
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Still, a subpoena resolution from a Republican several weeks ago would have undoubtedly caught Judiciary Democrats off-guard, putting them in a tight spot where they would be on record either for or against subpoenaing Mueller, a move Democrats at the time had yet to make amid some divisions.
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Unlike the other speakers, Kavanaugh did not gloat over the parade of judicial nominees that have made their way through the Senate or heap praise on Trump, who just hours before had asked the Supreme Court to stop the Manhattan district attorney's office from subpoenaing his tax returns.
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As long as Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell does not lose the votes of four of his members, he can block a Democratic effort to prolong the trial by subpoenaing witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
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Conaway told reporters that he feels the committee has investigated all avenues it needed to probe, and he argued that the panel would not have been able to obtain the information Democrats were seeking had they gone the route of subpoenaing witnesses or trying to hold them in contempt.
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Privacy advocates have long argued that law enforcement can get most of the information it seeks by subpoenaing technology companies for user records and other data, and that those companies do not need to create ways to break into their own encryption at the behest of the government.
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Democrats hit the gas on their impeachment inquiry Friday, subpoenaing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents they demanded weeks earlier that describe a pattern of interactions between President Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and senior Ukrainian officials who they pressured to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
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House Democrats are weighing their own probes and haven't ruled out subpoenaing former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonOscars see record low ratings with 23.6M viewers Brad Pitt quips he has more time to give Oscars speech than John Bolton had to testify New Qatari prime minister means new opportunities MORE.
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But the strategy to deluge the Senate also carries significant risks as the House managers tried to hammer home somewhat contradictory messages: their case is "overwhelming," but at the same time it's incomplete without calling new witnesses and subpoenaing documents they say are necessary for a fuller understanding of Trump's conduct.
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Paul says if four or more of his GOP colleagues join with Democrats to entertain new witness testimony, he will make the Senate vote on subpoenaing the president's preferred witnesses, including Hunter Biden and the whistleblower who revealed the Ukraine scandal — polarizing picks who moderate Republicans aren't eager to call.
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EDGEFIELD, S.C. — Attorney General William P. Barr accused House Democrats on Monday of subpoenaing testimony from Robert S. Mueller III to "create some kind of public spectacle," rather than elicit facts, pointing to Mr. Mueller's declaration that he would discuss only the facts laid out in the Russia investigation report.
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Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit held unanimously that any immunity President Trump may enjoy does not prevent the Manhattan district attorney from subpoenaing his tax preparer to provide eight years of his corporate and personal tax returns.
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A senior Republican staffer familiar with the negotiations with Ford told BuzzFeed News Thursday night that two particular things Ford and her lawyers are asking for are nonstarters for the Judiciary Committee: subpoenaing a high-school friend of Kavanaugh's who Ford says witnessed the assault and allowing her to testify after Kavanaugh.
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"What it means is that Mueller can now take sworn testimony in front of the grand jury and start subpoenaing people, asking people to testify, and of course if he gets enough evidence, he can now ask the grand jury for an indictment of people," says Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst.
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Schiff moved quickly, calling Maguire in front of the Intelligence Committee for a public hearing and, together with the chairmen of other committees, subpoenaing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani; the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney; and others for documents related to the Ukraine matter.
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The response from Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd listed only two instances spanning from "January 2012 to the present" — one that seemed to refer to subpoenaed phone records from Associated Press reporters in 85033, and the subpoenaing of former New York Times journalist James Risen to testify at a former CIA agent's trial.
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The Trump legal team view is that Mueller would be less likely to succeed in subpoenaing over issues of obstruction given executive privilege issues, for example, when it comes to the President's discussions with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about the firing of Comey, according to another source.
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Roy BluntRoy Dean BluntSenate braces for fight over impeachment whistleblower testimony Booker, Merkley propose federal facial recognition moratorium GOP senators defend Sondland, Vindman ousters: They weren't 'loyal' MORE (R-Mo.), a member of the Intelligence Committee and GOP leadership, said that he would support subpoenaing the whistleblower if Burr takes that path.
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Unlike Trump, McConnell's power in the GOP does not come from a populist tone, it is his political acumen — whether that means never bringing a Supreme Court Justice nominee to a vote, stalling legislation passed by the House, or not subpoenaing former national security adviser John Bolton to come before the Senate in Trump's trial.
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The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stems from a case in which Trump sued to block Democrats from subpoenaing one of his accounting firms for a vast trove of materials as Congress probes for potential conflicts of interest and payments from foreign governments to the president.
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Still, Democratic leaders continue to face some pressure within their caucus to continue investigating Trump on matters related to the Ukraine scandal -- including subpoenaing former national security adviser John Bolton, who claimed in an unpublished manuscript that Trump told him he withheld millions of dollars in Ukraine aid while waiting for the country's assistance to investigate Biden.
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Lamar AlexanderAndrew (Lamar) Lamar AlexanderWhat the impeachment vote looked like from inside the chamber Romney shocks GOP with vote to convict Senate acquits Trump, ending impeachment saga MORE (R-Tenn.) said late Thursday he would not vote in favor of subpoenaing witnesses and additional documents, making it increasingly likely the trial will move to an acquittal vote later Friday.
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Mr. Cuomo's action came less than a week after the state announced a series of other measures meant to address both the surge of vaping illnesses and the expanding use of e-cigarettes — sleek devices that often resemble gaming styluses or USB flash drives — by minors, including subpoenaing records from several companies that make vaping products.
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One Friday night in 2006, he arrived at his home in Los Angeles "in a sort of stupor because I was depressed and coming down from the drugs I had just done" and discovered an envelope at his doorstep subpoenaing him for $230,000 in back child support for a little boy in Houston whose mother was Brown's high school friend.
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In recent days, the special counsel has appeared to zero in on former Trump adviser Roger StoneRoger Jason Stone220006 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2202 Judge rejects Stone's request to dismiss charges Judge dismisses DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign, Russia over election interference MORE, reportedly subpoenaing two individuals who have worked with the longtime Trump adviser.
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Jason ChaffetzJason ChaffetzHouse Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by JUUL Labs - Trump attack on progressive Dems draws sharp rebuke GOP senators decline to criticize Acosta after new Epstein charges MORE (R-Utah), the chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, suggested on Tuesday that he was open to subpoenaing the memo.
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Those precedents could pose a challenge for the Trump administration to keep Congress from receiving documents related to the special counsel investigation, or to keep it from subpoenaing testimony from Mr. Trump's former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, a witness in several potential obstruction-of-justice episodes detailed in the portions of Mr. Mueller's report that Mr. Barr made public.
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Washington (CNN)The Department of Justice revealed in a court filing late Friday that it has two dozen emails related to President Donald Trump's involvement in the withholding of millions in security assistance to Ukraine -- a disclosure that came just hours after the Senate voted against subpoenaing additional documents and witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial, paving the way for his acquittal.
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The House Democratic managers and the President's legal team will be doing the arguing in public -- senators can only debate in closed session during the trial -- but an intense debate over the direction of the trial nevertheless is likely to play out between Republican and Democratic senators while Schumer looks to peel off four GOP senators to support subpoenaing witnesses and documents.
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The House managers and the President's legal team will be doing the arguing in public — senators can only debate in closed session during the trial— but an intense debate over the direction of the trial nevertheless is likely to play out between Republican and Democratic senators while Schumer looks to peel off four GOP senators to support subpoenaing witnesses and documents.
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President Trump's attorney general, Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE, announced Friday a governmentwide crackdown on leaks, saying his department would review its policies on subpoenaing media outlets that publish sensitive information. Sen.
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Lisa Murkowski's statement last week that she would not vote in favor of the Senate subpoenaing witnesses and documents because the impeachment process was partisan from the beginning and the articles were rushed and flawed, Schiff turned the blame back on the senators, saying they are not "mere spectators" and that they could have had a fair trial if they decided to include witnesses and documents.
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Graham later said he would oppose calling Hunter Biden as a witness, but other Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDemocratic senator to force vote requiring Roberts to weigh in on witnesses Evangelical pastor: Jesus would have 'beat the crap' out of John Bolton Bolton's lawyer disputes NSC assessment that manuscript contains classified information MORE (R-Ky.), have opened the door to subpoenaing him.
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Democrats cite the White House's own record of the call, as well as damning evidence that was presented to the House during its investigation — including by the United States ambassador to the European Union, Gordon SondlandGordon SondlandSenate rejects subpoenaing Mulvaney to testify in impeachment trial The Memo: Day One shows conflicting narratives on impeachment GOP rejects effort to compel documents on delayed Ukraine aid MORE.
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Sen. Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinTrump administration urges Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program The Hill's Morning Report - More talk on guns; many questions on Epstein's death Juan Williams: We need a backlash against Big Tech MORE (D-Calif.) said Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will support subpoenaing James Comey to testify if needed, arguing it is crucial for the former FBI director to come before the panel.
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Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE announced Friday that the administration would crack down on leaks, including directing more resources toward investigating leaks and reviewing Justice Department rules for subpoenaing media outlets that publish sensitive information.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is subpoenaing the co-founder of the firm tied to a controversial opposition research dossier on President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE to testify before the committee next week. Sens.
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonSondland testifies quid pro quo in Ukraine was real and widely known Dem senator says Zelensky was 'feeling the pressure' to probe Bidens Former Bush aide defends Vindman, criticizes GOP congressmen for 'defaming' him MORE (R-Wis.) opened the door on Thursday to subpoenaing a cadre of top Republican targets as part of his panel's oversight work.
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Democrats slam alleged politicization of Trump State Department after IG report MORE (D-Md.) on Wednesday said that subpoenaing Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Florida first lady to miss Women for Trump event due to planned execution Trump adopts familiar mantra on possible recession: fake news MORE over the White House counselor's alleged Hatch Act violations is not a partisan issue.
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Sen. Gary PetersGary Charles PetersGOP chairman cancels Hunter Biden-related subpoena vote Claire McCaskill: Ron Johnson is an 'embarrassing tool' Ron Johnson vows to force Burisma-related subpoena vote amid Dem opposition MORE (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is requesting a classified briefing before a vote next week on subpoenaing a former consultant with a firm linked to Burisma Holdings.
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Senate Republicans will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon after President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats outraged over White House lawyer's claim that some foreign involvement in elections is acceptable Senators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session White House announces task force to monitor coronavirus MORE's legal team finishes its opening arguments to hash out their strategy on how to handle the tricky question of subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents.
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A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden allies see boost in Tuesday's election results Sanders vows to end Trump's policies as he unveils immigration proposal Republicans warn election results are 'wake-up call' for Trump MORE can't block the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from subpoenaing his accounting firm for tax returns and financial records, delivering a blow to the president's claim that he is immune to criminal investigations.
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A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden allies see boost in Tuesday's election results Sanders vows to end Trump's policies as he unveils immigration proposal Republicans warn election results are 'wake-up call' for Trump MORE can't block the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from subpoenaing his accounting firm for tax returns and financial records, delivering a blow to the president's claim that he is immune to criminal investigations.
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Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) on Sunday floated subpoenaing former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonSenators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session Democratic senator to force vote requiring Roberts to weigh in on witnesses Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote MORE's forthcoming memoir if the former official isn't called to testify himself.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham on impeachment trial: 'End this crap as quickly as possible' Ocasio-Cortez accuses Rand Paul of taking climate change comments out of context, compares GOP agenda to 'Spaceballs' plot Collins, Murkowski: Too early to make decision on Hunter Biden testifying MORE (R-Ky.) on Monday night said he will force a vote on subpoenaing Hunter Biden if Democrats insist on hearing from senior administration officials such as Bolton and Mulvaney.
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Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneySenators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote GOP predicts Roberts won't cast tie-breaking vote on witnesses MORE (R-Utah) told reporters Monday morning that he believes it is more likely that other Republican senators will support subpoenaing Bolton as a witness following the explosive report.
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Martin Weinberg, his lawyer, said: "We believe that the documents that we're subpoenaing will show that Mr. Zangrillo's donation, which was made after the admission of his daughter, is no different than the donations made by dozens, if not hundreds, of parents — donations that were welcomed by U.S.C." U.S.C. has tried to block the request that it provide the information, arguing in part that it cannot do so because it does not track such students in any centralized way.
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Democrats like Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiGraham predicts Senate will take up impeachment trial next week Pressure building on Pelosi over articles of impeachment Trump trade deal faces uncertain Senate timeline MORE (Calif.) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats 'utterly unpersuaded' by evidence behind Soleimani strike Dr. Drew talks potential congressional run against Schiff — but only if he has to After emphasizing the urgency of impeachment, Democrats now have buyer's remorse MORE (Calif.) made no mention of subpoenaing him on Monday.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffAdam Schiff was an answer on 'Jeopardy!' and none of the contestants knew who he was Hillicon Valley: Trump turns up heat on Apple over gunman's phone | Mnuchin says Huawei won't be 'chess piece' in trade talks | Dems seek briefing on Iranian cyber threats | Buttigieg loses cyber chief McConnell locks in schedule for start of impeachment trial MORE (D-Calif.), meanwhile, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that his panel is considering subpoenaing Bolton.
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The Department of Justice reportedly said in a court filing just hours after the Senate voted against subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents in President TrumpDonald John TrumpSchiff: Bolton 'refused' to submit affidavit on Trump's involvement in Ukraine controversy Yang congratulates Romney for 'voting his conscious and character' in convicting Trump McConnell 'disappointed' by Romney impeachment vote, but 'I'm going to need his support' MORE's impeachment trial that it has two dozen emails related to his involvement in the halt of U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
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Pat ToomeyPatrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyNSA improperly collected US phone records in October, new documents show Overnight Defense: Pick for South Korean envoy splits with Trump on nuclear threat | McCain blasts move to suspend Korean military exercises | White House defends Trump salute of North Korean general WH backpedals on Trump's 'due process' remark on guns MORE (R-Pa.) has proposed a one-for-one witness swap, under which Republicans would agree to hear Bolton's testimony in exchange for subpoenaing Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son, to hear about his business dealings in Ukraine.
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Some Republican senators have raised the specter of subpoenaing one or both of the Bidens to testify in the event that former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonSenators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session Democratic senator to force vote requiring Roberts to weigh in on witnesses Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote MORE provides testimony, though it's unclear if they would have the majority support needed in the full chamber.
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Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphyTensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum Nadler gets under GOP's skin Senate Republicans muscle through rules for Trump trial MORE (D-Conn.) noted that while he wasn't sure if Parnas is credible, his allegations do line up with other testimony from House impeachment inquiry witnesses including Gordon SondlandGordon SondlandSenate rejects subpoenaing Mulvaney to testify in impeachment trial The Memo: Day One shows conflicting narratives on impeachment GOP rejects effort to compel documents on delayed Ukraine aid MORE, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.
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"Congress must do everything it can to recover these critical text messages, including subpoenaing Strzok and Page's cell carriers and requesting the FBI perform a full forensic exam of their employees' phones in an attempt to recover the messages," Zeldin said in a statement Republicans have also sought to draw attention to the text messages as a sign that the investigation is politically motivated against the president, while Democrats accuse their colleagues of attempting to undermine the Russia probe that is looking into ties between Trump campaign aides and Russia.
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Y.), the Democratic caucus chairman and one of the seven impeachment managers, said that subpoenaing Bolton would be a "question for further discussion" that would be decided by Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi, Schumer praise Romney after impeachment vote Senate acquits Trump, ending impeachment saga McCarthy to submit copy of Trump's SOTU address to House Clerk for archives MORE (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffSchiff: Bolton 'refused' to submit affidavit on Trump's involvement in Ukraine controversy What the impeachment vote looked like from inside the chamber Trump to make statement on impeachment 'victory' on Thursday MORE (D-Calif.).
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Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 2020 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE (R-Ky.) slammed the Senate Intelligence Committee for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpPETA billboard in Baltimore calls Kushner a 'rich pest' Dick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report House chairman warns foreign governments to 'cease and desist' spending money at Trump properties MORE for further testimony in its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, suggesting it could end up being a perjury trap.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE (R-Iowa) and Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinTrump administration urges Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program The Hill's Morning Report - More talk on guns; many questions on Epstein's death Juan Williams: We need a backlash against Big Tech MORE (D-Calif.), the Judiciary Committee's top two lawmakers, left the door open Friday to subpoenaing either of the men in the future if they stopped cooperating with the panel.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffAdam Schiff was an answer on 'Jeopardy!' and none of the contestants knew who he was Hillicon Valley: Trump turns up heat on Apple over gunman's phone | Mnuchin says Huawei won't be 'chess piece' in trade talks | Dems seek briefing on Iranian cyber threats | Buttigieg loses cyber chief McConnell locks in schedule for start of impeachment trial MORE (D-Calif.) said the committee is considering subpoenaing former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonGraham on impeachment trial: 'End this crap as quickly as possible' New Parnas evidence escalates impeachment witnesses fight House delivers impeachment articles to Senate MORE as impeachment moves to the Senate.
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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie ThompsonBennie Gordon ThompsonHillicon Valley: House panel subpoenas 8chan owner | FCC takes step forward on T-Mobile-Sprint merger | Warren wants probe into FTC over Equifax settlement | Groups make new push to end surveillance program House Homeland Security Committee subpoenas 8chan owner What Mississippi ICE raids mean for vulnerable workers MORE (D-Miss.) on Wednesday left the door open to subpoenaing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenTop immigration aide experienced 'jolt of electricity to my soul' when Trump announced campaign Trump casts uncertainty over top intelligence role Juan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America MORE to appear before his committee if she does not agree on a date to testify in the coming weeks.
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The lawyer also criticized Grassley for not pressing for former Trump campaign chairman Paul ManafortPaul John ManafortTrial of ex-Obama White House counsel suddenly postponed Top Mueller probe prosecutor to join Georgetown Law as lecturer DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews MORE or Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report House chairman warns foreign governments to 'cease and desist' spending money at Trump properties Chris Cuomo: 'I should be better than the guys baiting me' MORE, to testify before his panel, and for not subpoenaing other members of Trump's campaign, arguing the chairman is not actually interested in getting to the truth of Russia's involvement in the 2016 election.
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Schumer also secured two separate votes on subpoenaing just Bolton, who shook up the trial again on Friday when The New York Times reported his claim in an unpublished manuscript that Trump asked him in early May to help set up a meeting between then Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky and Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiGOP senators request details on Hunter Biden's travel for probe Evangelical groups lobbied Pompeo to fire Yovanovitch in 2018 Giuliani: Trump should 'absolutely, 100 percent' keep investigating Biden MORE, Trump's personal lawyer, who was pushing for an investigation of former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenSchiff: Bolton 'refused' to submit affidavit on Trump's involvement in Ukraine controversy Pence celebrates Trump's acquittal: 'It's over, America' Biden offers advice to young people with stutters: It's important 'to not let that define them' MORE.
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Sen. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneySenators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote GOP predicts Roberts won't cast tie-breaking vote on witnesses MORE (R-Utah) said on Monday that he believes it is more likely other Republican senators will support subpoenaing former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonSenators take reins of impeachment trial in marathon question session Democratic senator to force vote requiring Roberts to weigh in on witnesses Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote MORE in the wake of an explosive New York Times report.
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House Democrats fired their latest salvo in their impeachment battle with President TrumpDonald John TrumpSessions says he still supports Trump despite ouster as AG House Republicans voice concerns about White House's impeachment messaging Giuliani consulted with Manafort on Ukraine info: report MORE on Monday, subpoenaing Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiHouse Republicans voice concerns about White House's impeachment messaging Giuliani consulted with Manafort on Ukraine info: report Giuliani says some documents turned over by State watchdog came from him MORE, the president's lawyer, for documents related to their investigation into Trump's push for the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHouse Republicans voice concerns about White House's impeachment messaging Giuliani consulted with Manafort on Ukraine info: report Top Pence adviser was on Trump-Zelensky phone call at center of whistleblower complaint: report MORE.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' Tensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum No. 2 GOP leader eyes Wednesday of next week for possible votes on witnesses MORE (R-Maine), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiTensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum No. 2 GOP leader eyes Wednesday of next week for possible votes on witnesses Collins walks impeachment tightrope MORE (R-Alaska) and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyTensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum No. 85033 GOP leader eyes Wednesday of next week for possible votes on witnesses Impeachment trial forces senators to scrap fundraisers MORE (R-Utah) — have indicated they are willing to consider subpoenaing additional witnesses and evidence once phase one of the trial is completed.
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