House Judiciary Committee authorizes subpoenas for Kushner, Rosenstein, Sessions
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to subpoena a number of current and former Trump officials and allies — including Trump son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner — as a part of the committee's ongoing investigation into potential presidential corruption.
The committee on Thursday voted 21-12, along party lines, to subpoena Kushner, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and American Media Inc. (AMI) National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, among others.
Pecker is a longtime friend of President Trump and has been accused of holding negative stories about Mr. Trump before the election. In December 2018, prosecutors from the Southern District of New York said AMI admitted to "working in concert" with the Trump campaign to keep Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, quiet about an alleged affair with Mr. Trump.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify before the committee Wednesday over his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Rebecca Kaplan contributed to this report.