NEW: Donald Trump Jr. is unlikely to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify about his contacts with Russia and is expected to cite his Fifth Amendment constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination: sources
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump Jr. is unlikely to comply with a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena to testify about his contacts with Russia, two congressional sources said on Thursday as the president publicly defended his eldest son.
"I was very surprised," Trump said at a White House event intended to highlight healthcare."My son's a very good person. Works very hard." Lawmakers on the Republican-led committee, which is among several congressional panels investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, want to question Trump Jr. about his contacts with Moscow.
Led by Republican chairman Richard Burr, the intelligence panel is the only committee in the Republican-controlled Senate that has been conducting a bipartisan investigation into allegations of Russian interference in U.S. politics. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor with a speech seeking to close the door on the investigations, declaring"case closed."
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