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| Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be forced to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after negotiations to avoid the closed-door hearing broke down. | Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be forced to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after negotiations to avoid the closed-door hearing broke down. |
| "While we were willing to accommodate Mr. Manafort's request to cooperate with the committee's investigation without appearing at Wednesday's hearing, we were unable to reach an agreement for a voluntary transcribed interview with the Judiciary Committee," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein said in a statement. | "While we were willing to accommodate Mr. Manafort's request to cooperate with the committee's investigation without appearing at Wednesday's hearing, we were unable to reach an agreement for a voluntary transcribed interview with the Judiciary Committee," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein said in a statement. |
| Mr Manafort is expected to provide information about his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer last summer. | |
| The Judiciary Committee initially said it would not subpoena Mr Manafort, as he had agreed to negotiate an interview by committee members and their staff. But negotiations broke down when Me Manafort agreed to only a single, transcribed interview to Congress, which would not be made available to the Judiciary Committee. | |
| "While the Judiciary Committee was willing to cooperate on equal terms with any other committee to accommodate Mr Manafort's request, ultimately that was not possible," Mr Grassley and Ms Feinstein said. The committee issued their subpoena on Monday night. | |
| If the committee holds firm, Mr Manafort will be expected to testify at a hearing on Wednesday. He may still be able to avoid the hearing, however, if he agrees to turn over certain documents in addition to a transcribed interview. | |
| It is not clear what exactly the committee will ask Mr Manafort, but the subpoena comes on the heels of revelations about a Trump campaign meeting with a Russian lawyer and lobbyist last June. | |
| The meeting – also attended by Mr Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner – was first reported by The New York Times this month. Emails released by Mr Trump Jr show the campaign team was promised incriminating information on Hillary Clinton in exchange for taking the meeting. | |
| The revelation has renewed allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia, and compelled various Congressional committees to call on Mr Manafort, Mr Trump Jr, and Mr Kushner to testify. | |
| Mr Kushner appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday. In remarks released before his testimony, Mr Kushner said he "did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded" with any foreign government during the campaign. | |
| "No part of the meeting I attended included anything about the campaign, there was no follow up to the meeting that I am aware of; I do not recall how many people were there [or their names], and I have no knowledge of any documents being offered or accepted," he said. | |
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