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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
The Justice Department targets former intelligence officials in a probe examining the 2016 Russia election assessment, seeking records from the years following the original intelligence report.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based probe of perceived adversaries and the U.S. response to Russian interference in 2016, declining to comment on the subpoenas.
- A classified annex that included the Steele dossier summary prompted renewed scrutiny of the January 2017 intelligence community assessment, while a CIA tradecraft review ordered by current Director John Ratcliffe faulted former CIA oversight.
- An array of former intelligence and law-enforcement officials have been subpoenaed, and John Brennan's lawyers say he is a target but prosecutors show no `legally justifiable basis for undertaking this investigation`.
- Those findings position the subpoenas as connected to long-running investigations, as bipartisan congressional reviews and Special Counsel Robert Mueller found Russia interfered in 2016, and the subpoenas could affect former intelligence and law-enforcement officials.
- Critics say the subpoenas amount to a renewed effort to re-litigate the 2016 probe in public, while elections experts warn the administration could use seized data to meddle in future elections.
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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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