Schiff Subpoenas DHS for Testimony, Records Over Whistleblower Complaint

House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) departs the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol after the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump concluded in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, on Tuesday issued two subpoenas in a bid to compel testimony from a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official related to a whistleblower complaint.

The pair of subpoenas (pdf) allege DHS officials are “unlawfully obstructing” his panel’s probe linked to the complaint, made by former Homeland Security Department intelligence chief Brian Murphy.