House subpoenas Michael Flynn, Rick Gates in Russian interference probe
Michael Flynn is back in the picture.
The House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed President Trump's short-lived national security adviser, along with former Trump campaign deputy chair Rick Gates, it announced Thursday morning. The committee is seeking documents related to its investigation of foreign interference in the 2016 election by a June 26 deadline, and also wants the two subjects to appear for testimony on July 10.
Both Flynn and Gates had pleaded guilty to charges accrued in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) noted this in his Thursday subpoena letter to Flynn, writing that Flynn had agreed to "eke out the last modicum of cooperation" in his guilty plea. But even though "both Michael Flynn and Rick Gates were critical witnesses for Special Counsel Mueller's investigation," Schiff writes in a Thursday statement, they "so far have refused to cooperate fully with Congress."
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
The subpoenas arrived just hours after Flynn retained FBI conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell as a lawyer — a move Trump praised him for just minutes before the subpoenas dropped. That tweet — and comments from Trump lawyer John Dowd last week — sparked discussion of a presidential pardon for Flynn.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
-
A Man on the Inside: Netflix comedy leaves you with a 'warm fuzzy feeling'
The Week Recommends Charming series has a 'tenderness' that will 'sneak up' on you
By The Week UK Published
-
Bread & Roses: an 'extraordinarily courageous' documentary
The Week Recommends Sahra Mani's 'powerful' film examines the lives of three Afghan women under the Taliban
By The Week UK Published
-
V13: a 'marvelous and terrifying' account of the Bataclan terror trials
The Week Recommends Emmanuel Carrère's work is 'absolutely gripping'
By The Week UK Published
-
Nobody seems surprised Wagner's Prigozhin died under suspicious circumstances
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published
-
Western mountain climbers allegedly left Pakistani porter to die on K2
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published
-
'Circular saw blades' divide controversial Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas governor
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published
-
Los Angeles city workers stage 1-day walkout over labor conditions
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published
-
Mega Millions jackpot climbs to an estimated $1.55 billion
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
-
Bangladesh dealing with worst dengue fever outbreak on record
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
-
Glacial outburst flooding in Juneau destroys homes
Speed Read
By Catherine Garcia Published
-
Scotland seeking 'monster hunters' to search for fabled Loch Ness creature
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published