House Dems set to subpoena Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions and 10 other Mueller witnesses

[DonViejo]

By KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO 07/09/2019 10:34 AM EDT Updated 07/09/2019 10:55 AM EDT

The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for 12 of former special counsel Robert Mueller's witnesses — including President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his former deputy Rod Rosenstein, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former chief of staff John Kelly and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Each of the witnesses provided crucial testimony to Mueller about Trump's efforts to thwart the Russia investigation, and the committee's efforts are certain to meet resistance from a White House that has already blocked testimony from senior aides like former White House Counsel Don McGahn and former longtime adviser Hope Hicks.

The subpoena targets also include two executives of American Media, Inc. — Dylan Howard and David Pecker — who testified about Trump's alleged hush money payments to a woman who accused him of an extramarital affair before the election. And it includes current and former Trump administration officials Rick Dearborn, Jody Hunt and Rob Porter.

The list also includes Keith Davidson, an attorney who previously represented adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen orchestrated a $130,000 payment to Daniels to buy her silence over an alleged affair with Trump. Cohen is serving a three year prison sentence in part for the hush-money payment, which prosecutors said amounted to a campaign finance violation.

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[Desert grandma]

1. And they will most likely be blocked by the WH

from testifying about important facts. It seems useless to issue more subpoenas unless Dem committee chairs can show an effective way to counteract this defiance of the Rule of Law. Let's have some real teeth in the consequences for this obvious attempt to deter the role of Congress. Some real court victories need to happen soon compelling these people to testify.