James Comey and Loretta Lynch summoned to testify

At the twilight of Republican power in the House, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte fired subpoenas to former FBI Director James Comey and the former Attorney General. , Loretta Lynch, asking them to testify in a statement.

The two former senior officials are invited to testify in early December during a deposition and not at a hearing, according to the subpoenas obtained by Nancy Cordes, of CBS News. House Republicans only have a few weeks before the Democrats take control of the committees and thus, control of the power of summons to appear from the hands of the government.

The subpoenas follow a New York Times report that Trump wanted to order the Justice Department to sue rivals Comey and Hillary Clinton. House Republicans investigated FBI actions for the 2016 presidential election.

Comey announced his subpoena in a tweet Thanksgiving morning, saying that he was "happy to sit in the light and answer all the questions," but that he "would resist" a meeting questions and answers in camera. Rebecca Kaplan of CBS News previously reported that the Democrats were planning to demand public hearings with Comey and Lynch.

"Happy Thanksgiving, I have a subpoena from the Republicans," tweeted Comey. "I'm always happy to sit in the light and answer all the questions, but I will resist the" closed door "because I've had enough of them to leak and distort selectively. the world to see. "

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David Kelley, a lawyer from Comey, said that Comey "will stand up to this abuse of process before the courts".

"As the Goodlatte representative and his colleagues on the Judiciary Committee of the House have repeatedly stated, the interviews they conducted behind closed doors about the e-mail investigations into Russia and Clinton have only purpose to selectively scare statements made by witnesses to match the committee's false speech, "Kelly said in a statement to CBS News. "Although the authority to subpoena to Congress is broad, it does not cover the right to misuse in camera hearings as a political stop to promote political goals as opposed to Legislative agendas Mr. Comey welcomes and welcomes a public hearing, yesterday is an abuse of process, a departure from the rules of the House and its presumption of transparency. Mr. Comey will oppose this abuse of process before the courts. "