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iluvtennis

(19,858 posts)
Fri May 26, 2017, 07:19 PM May 2017

Senate Intelligence Committee requests Trump campaign documents from June 15th onward

Source: WaPO

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/26/senate-intelligence-committee-requests-trump-campaign-documents/?utm_term=.96fa61e9a6ed

The Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race, has asked President Trump’s political organization to gather and produce all documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign’s launch in June 2015, according to two people briefed on the request.

The letter from the Senate arrived at Trump’s campaign committee last week and was addressed to the group’s treasurer. Since then, some former staffers have been notified and asked to cooperate, the people said. They were not authorized to speak publicly.

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Let's see if they comply or a warrant needs to be issued.

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Senate Intelligence Committee requests Trump campaign documents from June 15th onward (Original Post) iluvtennis May 2017 OP
They want all documents back to June 2015- CNN covering this right now wishstar May 2017 #1
kick CatWoman May 2017 #2
The noose is tightening NightWatcher May 2017 #3
A strongly worded letter that has no legal clout. ananda May 2017 #4
A lot of people are about to spend a fortune on lawyers. sfwriter May 2017 #5
 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
5. A lot of people are about to spend a fortune on lawyers.
Fri May 26, 2017, 07:41 PM
May 2017

A lot of people are about to spend a fortune on lawyers.

I wonder how many innocent yet ignorant lower level staffers are going to get swept up in this. not that I'm saying I feel sorry for them or anything but that's an awful bloody lot of documents.

They must think the contact with the Russians started way early in the campaign.

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