Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)...was a back channel for the White House the whole time

[dajoki]

Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/politics/trump-jr-subpoena-senate-intelligence/index.html

The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. for him to return and testify again, and the committee is now at a standoff with President Donald Trump's eldest son, according to sources familiar with the matter.

One option Trump Jr. is considering in response to the subpoena is to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights, and another is just to not appear at all, according to one source. The subpoena from the Republican-led Senate Intelligence panel is believed to be the first issued to one of Trump's family members.

Discussions for Trump Jr.'s testimony began several weeks ago before special counsel Robert Mueller's report was released, the sources say. Trump Jr.'s team resisted giving testimony, in part, because the findings of the Mueller report were still not known.

During the negotiations, the idea to use written questions and answers was floated, and at another time it was proposed that Trump Jr. sit for an untranscribed interview, according to one source.

The subpoena was issued more than two weeks ago, according to a source familiar with the matter, and it compelled Trump Jr. to testify before the committee, the source said.

The subpoena for Trump Jr.'s testimony marks an escalation of the Senate Intelligence Committee's probe into Russian election interreference. The panel's investigation, led by GOP Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, has been running for more than two years, and the committee has interviewed many of the same witnesses who spoke to Mueller's team. The committee has recently begun re-interviewing witnesses, including Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who appeared for a second time earlier this year.

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[malaise]

1. Agree

Get thee to the greatest page

[gademocrat7]

2. absolutely agree

[BSdetect]

3. They have no hesitation in cheating us.

[awesomerwb1]

4. Which makes it very suspicious

why Burr would agree to subpoena Jr. I wonder what the plan is.

If you're not suspicious of every little thing russiapublicans do, you haven't been paying attention. Everything they do is for a reason, and the reason is to protect themselves, and make all this go away and disappear as just another 'Democrat" conspiracy.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, I suspect senate kkkons will softball Don Jr, Don Jr wont answer any dem questions then when

... called to house he'll just say "I answered that already".

I don't trust Don Jr any more than I can throw him with a broke arm.

[OnDoutside]

5. Add to that, Burr isn't running in the next election, why ?

Is there a link between him being exposed as a Devin Nunes clone, and him stepping down ? Mark Warner has said little about this.

[spanone]

7. He was the 'devin nunes' of the senate. don't forget.

[hay rick]

8. They are in charge of covering up crimes and treason, not exposing. nt

[B Stieg]

9. This is why his summoning of Don Jr. smells bad! nt

[CaptainTruth]

10. I'm not sure about "the whole time."

The Mueller report describes one incident, March 2017 I think, when Burr told McGahn's office who the 5 targets of the investigation were at that time, but does it descibe other ongoing incidents that justify saying it was "the whole time"? (I don't know.)

In the March 2017 incident the report says (per McGhan staff notes) Trump was in "panic/chaos" because he thought he was a target of the investigation, so I think Burr shared the list of 5 targets (from a Gang of 8 briefing by Comey) to assure Trump that he wasn't a target (at least his name wasn't on the list) so Trump wouldn't go ballistic & do things that are more stupid than the things he normally does.

[dajoki]

12. Neither am I, but...

once is too much, and if it was a "backchannel" we really don't know.

[jayschool2013]

11. The option Twitler Jr. is not considering

Showing up and telling the truth.