Firestorm erupts around Sen. Richard Burr, man behind Trump Jr. subpoena — and he's not backing down
So when the Senate Intelligence Committee, which Burr chairs, issued a subpoena to Donald Trump Jr., it didn’t leak out for a couple of weeks. When the news finally broke, Burr refused to talk about it.
The mild-mannered senator is a far cry from the president’s Democratic critics, who have suggested Trump is "goading" impeachment by trying to overturn constitutional norms. “Trump voters don’t forget and they’ll be asking him why he did this two years from now until his term is done,” he said. One option is to ignore it entirely and let the GOP-led panel decide if they want to vote to hold him in contempt of Congress, a move the source expected would be unlikely to make it through the Republican majority in the full Senate, even if it did pass the Intelligence Committee. Trump Jr. is also considering invoking in writing his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions that lead to self-incrimination.
“I don’t think there’s any possibility that any of those questions would change the conclusion,” Blunt added.“My understanding is Mr. Trump Jr. has cooperated extensively with the committee. I can understand his frustration,” Cornyn said Thursday. “At some point this is not about finding facts. This smacks of politics, and I think we have an important job to do to try to keep the Intelligence Committee out of politics.
Burr and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, have created a strong bipartisan atmosphere and have vowed to conclude their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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