House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for 'counterintelligence and foreign intelligence' from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation
Washington House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Justice Department for"counterintelligence and foreign intelligence" from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Schiff, a California Democrat, made the demand in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that said his committee had"no choice" but to serve the subpoena after previous efforts, joined by the committee's top Republican, had not led to the Justice Department providing the requested documents. Schiff gave Barr a deadline of May 15 to hand over the evidence."The Department's stonewalling is simply unacceptable," Schiff said in a statement Wednesday.Schiff and Rep.
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