Former Rep. Pete Sessions Subpoenaed Over Giuliani Contacts

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 3: Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
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Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) received a subpoena over his contacts with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani from a grand jury in connection with a Manhattan federal criminal investigation of the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the subpoena, said that it sought documents “related to Mr. Giuliani’s business dealings with Ukraine and his involvement in efforts to oust the U.S. ambassador in Kyiv, as well as any interactions between” Sessions, Giuliani, and four of his associates who were indicted last week in a campaign finance scheme.

Matt Mackowiak, a Sessions spokesman, told TPM that the former congressman was “cooperating with the U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York and will be providing documents to their office related to this matter over the next couple of weeks as requested.”

Sessions sent Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a letter last year accusing then-US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch of disloyalty while pushing for her resignation.

The indictment that was released last week alleged that two Giuliani associates – Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman – contributed money to the campaign of an unnamed U.S. Congressman while lobbying him to press for Yovanovitch’s removal.

The Journal also reported that the investigation into Giuliani has been proceeding since August. Giuliani denies any wrongdoing.

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  1. That sound you hear is Republicans quaking in their shoes as they wonder which one of them is going to get a subpoena to testify about any campaign contributions they received through these channels. I wonder how many members of Congress get called before Trump and Barr try to shut down SDNY from investigating Republican campaign contributions…that thread is going to be very long, and lead to a lot of people.

  2. “Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) received a subpoena over his contacts with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani from a grand jury in connection with a Manhattan federal criminal investigation of the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.”

    This ain’t Congress.

    This is DOJ, a criminal investigation, and a grand jury.

    Enjoy your time in the barrel, jackass; the rest of the GOP gang’ll be along shortly.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    The Grand Jury is drafting the subpoena for Rudy as we speak. At least we can hope they are.

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I understand the Republican Party will soon be looking for a new name. Perhaps they can save time and go with “Subpoenaed Party”? They wouldn’t lose a single member.

  5. Well, I was hoping for Jeff but I’ll settle for Pete.

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