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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Jr.'s No-Shows Led to Subpoena, Republican Senator Says
WASHINGTON Allies of Donald Trump Jr. may have stirred up a firestorm among Republicans over a subpoena to recall the presidents eldest son to the Senate Intelligence Committee, but the panels Republican chairman has suggested to colleagues that the standoff is of the younger Mr. Trumps making.
Twice in recent months Donald Trump Jr. agreed to sit for voluntary interviews with the Intelligence Committee, only to later back out, Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the panels chairman, told colleagues privately last week, according to two people familiar with his remarks. The chairman said at a senators-only luncheon last Thursday that the evasions had left the committee no choice but to issue a subpoena on April 8 to give senators a chance to directly question the younger Mr. Trump as they seek to tie up loose ends on their investigation of Russian election interference.
Nodding to the media maelstrom that news of the subpoena set off, Mr. Burr told colleagues that he was not happy about the confrontation, but he suggested that the younger Mr. Trump had been given ample opportunity to cooperate quietly and voluntarily, according to the people, who were not authorized to discuss the private lunch. The committees investigation is the last bipartisan inquiry into Russias efforts to influence the 2016 election and the Kremlins ties to the Trump campaign.
The campaign on Donald Trump Jr.s behalf persuaded several Republican senators to demand that the committees investigation end. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close ally of President Trumps, said if he were a lawyer for the presidents son, he would advise him to plead the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify.
Twice in recent months Donald Trump Jr. agreed to sit for voluntary interviews with the Intelligence Committee, only to later back out, Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the panels chairman, told colleagues privately last week, according to two people familiar with his remarks. The chairman said at a senators-only luncheon last Thursday that the evasions had left the committee no choice but to issue a subpoena on April 8 to give senators a chance to directly question the younger Mr. Trump as they seek to tie up loose ends on their investigation of Russian election interference.
Nodding to the media maelstrom that news of the subpoena set off, Mr. Burr told colleagues that he was not happy about the confrontation, but he suggested that the younger Mr. Trump had been given ample opportunity to cooperate quietly and voluntarily, according to the people, who were not authorized to discuss the private lunch. The committees investigation is the last bipartisan inquiry into Russias efforts to influence the 2016 election and the Kremlins ties to the Trump campaign.
The campaign on Donald Trump Jr.s behalf persuaded several Republican senators to demand that the committees investigation end. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close ally of President Trumps, said if he were a lawyer for the presidents son, he would advise him to plead the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-subpoena.html
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Donald Trump Jr.'s No-Shows Led to Subpoena, Republican Senator Says (Original Post)
spanone
May 2019
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. This is just a show. I guess Burr had to look
professional. Junior will abide my Graham and initiate the 5th. Meanwhile, Barr's investigation into the investigators concerning the Russia probe will backfire.
Barr is EVIL.
Ohiogal
(32,213 posts)2. People don't plead the 5th
unless theyve got something to hide.
underpants
(183,068 posts)3. Burr, he thinks you aren't worth his time
Yes Jr. looks at you as a lesser.
You signed up for it Senator.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)4. Doesn't Burr know...
Junior is entitled to witness pampering?