Senate Judiciary Committee retracts subpoena issued to Paul Manafort

By Josh Siegel

Published July 25, 2017 10:18pm ET

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Senate Judiciary Committee retracts subpoena issued to Paul Manafort — Manafort spoke privately with the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russia's election interference and whether the Trump campaign conspired with Moscow. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) | Mary Altaffer

Paul Manafort is close to reaching a deal Tuesday night with the Senate Judiciary Committee to meet with the panel privately, avoiding a public hearing.

The Judiciary Committee had issued a subpoena for Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, to come before the panel. But, by agreeing to hand over documents to the committee, and continuing negotiations over doing a transcribed interview, the panel dropped the subpoena against Manafort.

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