Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will provide documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, The Associated Press has learned.
Flynn's cooperation was the first signal that he and the Senate panel have found common ground.
The latest example came Wednesday afternoon, when Nunes issued three subpoenas targeting documents regarding former Obama administration officials in his own probe of unmasking - without getting sign-offs from the House Democrats.
Committee Democrats have accused Nunes of trying to distract from the Russian Federation investigation, citing him recusing himself from the probe in April amid questions about his disclosure of classified information.
Separately, federal prosecutors pursuing a criminal investigation into Flynn have issued subpoenas to people and businesses who have done business with him seeking information, including bank records and communications, related to Flynn, the Flynn Intel Group and Invovo BV, a Dutch company owned by Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
Another congressional source, who also requested anonymity, said Democrats were "informed and consulted" about the subpoenas ahead of time, but some committee aides said they were not.
Schiff said on CNN Thursday of Nunes' new subpoenas: "I have to conclude this is part of the White House effort to direct attention in another direction" as the Russian Federation probe intensifies.
Flynn had previously invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination in declining an earlier subpoena from the committee, which sought a wide array of documents and information related to his contacts with Russian Federation.
On Wednesday, the California Republican appeared to dive back into that inquiry, exercising his authority as chairman to unilaterally issue subpoenas to the intelligence community for information on the alleged improper "unmasking" of Trump campaign officials referred to in intelligence reports by members of the Obama administration.
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James Comey, fired last month as FBI director amid a federal investigation into connections between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign, is set to testify next Thursday at a highly anticipated congressional hearing that could shed light on his private conversations with the president in the weeks before his dismissal.
Cohen this week blasted a Senate Intelligence panel's request for information as "poorly phrased" and overbroad.
"I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered", Cohen told ABC News in an email Tuesday.
The interviews would have included former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page and longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone - both of whom have said they are eager to testify - along with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Politico reported. Calls and emails to Kasowitz's NY firm were not returned Wednesday. It was only after those briefings that he discussed the source's information with Democrats on the committee.
So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russian Federation, don't want him to testify.
On Thursday ThinkProgress reported "Devin Nunes and Trump are still working together in attempt to manufacture [an] "unmasking" scandal".
"The behavior of Nunes - whatever we're calling him, "Chairman Recused, 'Un-recused, 'I didn't mean recuse, when I said and gave you the impression of recused" - whatever that loosey-goosey (definition) is - is beneath the dignity of being a chairman of the intelligence committee", Pelosi said.
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