Senate Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for 40 in Crossfire Hurricane Probe

Comey, Halper, and other key figures in the investigation of Trump's 2016 campaign are among them

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) during a hearing in Washington on Aug. 6, 2020. Toni Sandys/Pool/Getty Images

A Senate committee on Sept. 16 authorized its chairman to issue subpoenas for 40 people, including former FBI Director James Comey and Cambridge professor and informant Stefan Halper, in the committee’s review of the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation against Donald Trump’s campaign.

The 8–6 party-line vote took place during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting in Washington.