Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas Paul Manafort, demands he show up for hearing
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election issued a subpoena to compel the testimony of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after negotiations for a voluntary interview fell through.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the panel’s ranking Democrat, confirmed the action Tuesday in a joint statement, saying that Manafort’s offer to provide “a single transcribed interview” to Congress, which would not be made available to the Senate panel, was unacceptable.
The Senate and House Intelligence committees also are conducting parallel inquiries into possible coordination between the campaign and Russians who sought to influence the presidential election by hacking Democrats.Â
The subpoena was issued late Monday night and demands Manafort’s appearance at a Wednesday hearing, where the president’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr., is also expected to meet with investigators.Â
“As with other witnesses, we may be willing to excuse him from Wednesday’s hearing if he would be willing to agree to production of documents and a transcribed interview,” the senators said.
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