In response to the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr., a source close to him blasted Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., for bringing in Trump Jr. in front of the committee again.
“Don is a private citizen, who has already been cleared by Mueller after a two year investigation. He has done 8-9 hours of testimony in front of the Senate Intel already and 27 hours of testimony in front of various committees in total,” the source said in the statement.
“When he originally agreed to testify in front of the Senate Intel Committee in 2017, there was an agreement between Don and the Committee that he would only have to come in and testify a single time as long as he was willing to stay for as long as they’d like, which Don did,” the source said. “Don continues to cooperate by producing documents and is willing to answer written question, but no lawyer would ever agree to allow their client to participate in what is an obvious PR stunt from a so-called ‘Republican’ Senator too cowardly to stand up to his boss Mark Warner and the rest of the resistance Democrats on the committee.”
The Intelligence Committee issued the subpoena in order to get answers about Trump Jr.’s prior testimony before Senate investigators during the Russia investigation, specifically about the real estate plans for a Trump Organization project in Moscow.
Burr has received a wave of public backlash for the subpoena from Trump allies:
What is @SenatorBurr doing?
Any Republican who legitimizes the witch hunt into @realDonaldTrump is just as bad as the Democrats perpetrating it
He also subpoenaed American hero Michael Flynn and called James Comey “one of the most ethical & upright individuals”
Bad news Burr!
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 8, 2019
White House Presidential Personnel Office should make sure that any candidates put forward or recommended by @SenatorBurr are immediately removed from consideration for jobs in this administration.
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) May 9, 2019
Establishment stooge @SenatorBurr is doing the work of the Democrats in Congress.
Can you imagine Dem on Dem behaviour like this? NOPE.
Burr is why we can have nice things. https://t.co/kS1bSexocY
— Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) May 8, 2019
Why is cowardly RINO @Senatorburr helping Resistance Dems continue Russia hoax by subpoenaing @DonaldJTrumpJr?
Don was cleared by the Mueller Investigation & has already testified 20+ hours in front of Congress.
The Senate GOP should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this. pic.twitter.com/qNDWyPv40J
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) May 9, 2019
Richard Burr is not a Republican.
He registers as one, and he runs for office as one, but the reality is that he’s nothing more than a weak tool for the Democrats to use as they see fit. Few “Republican” politicians have done as much damage to conservatives as this joker.— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) May 8, 2019
As a Senate Intelligence Committee representative previously explained to the Washington Examiner: “We do not discuss the details of witness engagements with the Committee. Throughout the investigation, the Committee has reserved the right to recall witnesses for additional testimony as needed, as every witness and witness counsel has been made aware.”
[Read more: Why Mueller didn’t charge Donald Trump Jr. for the Trump Tower meeting]
