Assignment of a Senate panel to Donald Trump Jr.

The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has assigned Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpWebb: When to fight the conservatives criticize Omar for his tweet about the violence in Gaza, CNN's Jake Tapper: Trump's claims that the campaign has "pushed back" the reach of Russia are "a lie" CONTINUED as part of the Committee's Russian investigation, the first known Congressional summons to one of the President TrumpDonald John TrumpDOJ threatens the executive's privilege over the Mueller report if Dems holds a vote for contempt contempt Trump claims the return of "BIG FIREWORKS & # 39; at Mont. Rushmore for July 4, Trump asks former state spokesman, Heather Nauert, to help oversee the White House Scholarships. MOREChildren.

Axios first reported the assignment, and one source confirmed it to The Hill.

Trump Jr. has already testified in camera before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees in December 2017 as part of their investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. 39, published transcript of his hearing in camera.

The president's eldest son also testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017, telling legislators he was "aware" of plans to expand his father's activities in Russia, according to a report released later by committee.

Trump Jr.'s testimony was carefully reviewed, especially after the former personal advocate of the President Michael CohenMichael Dean Cohen "CohenEx-Trump's lawyer, Cohen, explains on tapes that he helped Falwell Jr. handle racy photos: White House report orders McGahn to challenge the assignment to to appear from The House. In his February testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he stated that Trump Jr. was much more involved in the project and stated that he had informed Trump Jr. Ivanka TrumpIvana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpMemo: A former White House official said no one had any influence on security decisions. Suffice to say that President and CEO, Cummings: The White House had prevented a former manager from talking about Kushner, Ivanka PLUS permissions about the project about 10 times.

Cohen, who pleaded guilty to lying about talks on the Trump Trump projects in Moscow at the Trump organization last November, testified in camera before the Intelligence Committee. of the Senate the day before his appearance before the House.

A spokesman for the Senate Intelligence Committee did not confirm the subpoena, but said in a statement to The Hill that the panel "has reserved the right to call back witnesses for testimonials additional, if necessary ".

"We are not discussing details of the appearance of witnesses with the Committee," said the spokesman.

It was not clear right away how Trump Jr. would react to the subpoena. His lawyer, Alan Futerfas, did not immediately return a request for additional information.

A source close to Trump, Jr., criticized the Democrats for issuing the subpoena, as he had already voluntarily appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

"Don is a simple citizen, who has already been authorized by Mueller after a two-year investigation," said the source, citing a special advocate. Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation over Russia MORE.

"He has already done 8 to 9 hours of testimony before the Intel Senate and 27 hours in total before various committees," said the source.

The source also attacked the panel chairman, Sen. Richard BurrSenators Richard Mauze BurrDem ask the NSA for a public update on the program for collecting mass telephone data McConnell declares "the case closed" in the Mueller report Senator GOP is interested in the reasons why Mueller was "dissatisfied" MORE (PC), stating that he should have stood up to the ranking member, Sen. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerHillicon Valley: A bill on the dem. Impose fines on credit bureaus | Facebook's Sandberg Meets Senators on Privacy | Baltimore hit by ransomware attack | Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, talks with Senators on privacy protection, asks NSA authorities to update his monitoring program (D-Va.) And not insist on additional testimony from Trump Jr.

"When he initially agreed to testify before the Senate Committee on the Intel in 2017, Don and the Committee had agreed that he should only testify once, as long as He would be willing to stay as long as Don did, source said.

"Don continues to cooperate in producing documents and is ready to respond to written questions, but no lawyer would ever agree to allow his client to participate in what is an obvious public relations stunt on the part of D & # 39; a so-called Senator "Republican" his boss Mark Warner and the rest of the resistance Democrats sitting on the committee. "

The Senate intelligence services are conducting their investigation into Russian interference since January 2017, and Burr said he expects the investigation to end in the coming months. at the end of the interviews with new witnesses.

Trump son-in-law and senior advisor Jared KushnerJared Corey KushnerTrump, Senate GOP Discusses Restructuring Legal Immigration Efforts Kushner Plan Maintains Legal Immigration Levels of Neutral Republican Senators Snuggle with Trump on Immigration PLUS was spotted returning to the committee for a closed-door testimony at the end of March, apparently in connection with the investigation on Russia.

The Senate investigation was held in parallel with the investigation of the special advocate Robert Mueller in Russia, which ended on March 22 without any recommendation of new indictments.

Mueller has not found any evidence to accuse the members of the Trump campaign of conspiring with the Russian government and has not reached a conclusion as to whether Trump was obstructing the justice.

Trump Jr., who did not speak with the special advocate, was featured in the report, including a section detailing his involvement in a June 2016 meeting between the campaign and a Kremlin-backed lawyer. Trump Tower.

-Jonathan Easley contributed.