The House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas to President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for documents related to the new whistleblower complaint against the president.
The panel set an Oct. 15 deadline for Giuliani to hand over a long list of documents related to Giuliani’s effort to investigate corruption charges against former Vice President Joe Biden at the request of Trump, as well as charges the Democratic National Committee was seeking dirt on Trump in Ukraine in 2016.
Schiff wrote in a letter to Giuliani that Giuliani admitted on national television he asked the government of Ukraine to “target” Joe Biden. He signed the letter along with Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings and Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel.
“In addition to this stark admission, you stated more recently that you are in possession of evidence — in the form of text messages, phone records, and other communications — indicating that you were not acting alone and that other Trump Administration officials may have been involved in this scheme,” the three lawmakers wrote.
The documents under subpoena include any related to Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings, Ltd. Hunter Biden served on the Burisma board, earning $50,000 per month. The whistleblower complaint was about a July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump asked Zelensky to look into charges that Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion from Ukraine until officials fired a prosecutor targeting Burisma.
The three committees also sent letters seeking documents and depositions from businessman Lev Parnas, real estate developer Igor Fruman, and Ukrainian businessman Semyon “Sam” Kislin. Parnas is called to appear on Oct. 10, Fruman on Oct. 11, and Kislin on Oct. 14.
“The committees are investigating the extent to which President Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere with our 2020 election and by withholding security assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, as well as any effort to cover up these matters,” the three committee leaders wrote Parnas.
