The subpoena was announced a day after Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading the bureau's investigation of Russian Federation and the election.
"He didn't turn those documents over, so we have subpoenaed those documents", GOP Sen.
Those reports suggested that Flynn may have given Kislyak the impression that the incoming administration might be willing to consider lifting sanctions that were imposed on Moscow following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, a Ukrainian territory.
On Wednesday, Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Durbin told USA media that Mr Comey had asked the deputy attorney general for more resources - mainly staff - for the FBI investigation. "A second source said the committee communicated that it is "not receptive" to Flynn's request 'at this time, '" NBC reported.
The subpoena issued on Wednesday night is the first the committee has announced in the course of its Russian Federation investigation, The Washington Post reported.
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The tax returns, the lawyers say, largely reflect income and interest paid by the web of corporate entities that made up The Trump Organisation prior to Mr Trump taking office.
He is also the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
He emerged as a central figure into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Russian Federation, and was accused of relaying misleading information to vice president Mike Pence. The letter was then provided to Sen.
The unnamed Russian billionaire cited by the Trump company's lawyers is Dmitry Rybolovlev, whose financial empire springs from his companies' production of potash, often used for fertilizer.
The Turkish payments under scrutiny are part of $530,000 worth of lobbying and investigative work that Flynn's company, Flynn Intel Group, performed for a Turkish businessman. Her law firm was honoured by Chambers & Partners' 2016 Chambers Europe guide as Russia Law Firm of the Year.
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