The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted on June 4 to authorize its chairman to issue subpoenas as part of an inquiry into the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign, which eventually evolved into the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
The subpoena authorizations cover an extensive list of people connected to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s code name for the investigation of the Trump campaign. Prior to the vote, the committee canceled authorizations to subpoena the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general (IG). Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security panel—the chief oversight committee of the Senate—said those subpoenas were rescinded to ensure that inspectors general can carry out investigations without concern from witnesses that their testimony may eventually be obtained by Congress.
