Second Senate Committee Gives Itself Power to Subpoena Obama Officials Over Russia Probe

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A second Republican-controlled Senate committee gave itself expansive power to seek documents and testimony from a list of Obama-era officials in relation to the Russia investigation

WASHINGTON—A second Republican-controlled Senate committee gave itself expansive power on Thursday to seek documents and testimony from a list of Obama-era officials in relation to the Russia investigation launched in 2016, dismissing concerns raised by Democrats that the probe is politically motivated to help re-elect President Trump in the fall.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to pursue additional investigations into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s handling of its Crossfire Hurricane probe into...

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