Fusion GPS, House intelligence panel reach agreement on subpoena

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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/28/politics/fusion-house-intelligence-agreement-subpoena/index.html

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In a statement Saturday, the House intelligence committee said the agreement "will secure the committee's access to the records necessary for its investigation," while a lawyer for Fusion GPS said "it helped the company honor its legal obligations and protect its First Amendment rights."

Fusion GPS asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia earlier this month to stop its bank from turning over financial records subpoenaed by the House intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's attempts to influence last year's election, including allegations in the dossier of collusion by Trump's presidential campaign.

The firm argued in its court filing that the release of the financial records would reveal the names of its clients and therefore violate its and their First Amendment rights to free speech and free association. It also claimed the subpoena, authorized by intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, was too broad.

The court has deemed the agreement reached by Fusion and the House intelligence committee confidential and sealed.


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1. So the House Committee is capable of working fast when they are motivated.

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2. the filthy rich get to pic and choose whats in a subpoena? poor ppl have no choices nt