Laura Weiss
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Sen. CORNYN joins call for an investigation & issuing subpoena to Donald Trump Jr.:
“I would support Senator Curtis’ request”
Cornyn sits on Judiciary & President Trump helped oust him in his primary
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Judiciary Chair GRASSLEY says he can’t yet say if he’d call Donald Trump Jr. in for a hearing — as Sen. Curtis requested in a letter
“I think the fact is that it takes time, and if you were going to ask me when you're going to have a hearing, there's no way I could answer that today.”
Adds: “I’m going to take his request seriously and sit down with staff and see what we can do.”
Also knocks Curtis, saying he probably realizes he should’ve given Judiciary R’s a heads up ahead of sending letter & notes that Curtis has his own oversight powers
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Top Judiciary Dem DURBIN responds and says he supports Sen. Curtis' request to subpoena Donald Trump Jr.
NEWS: Ways & Means Republicans are strongly considering dropping provisions on taxing mining/staking rewards from their crypto tax package, per multiple sources familiar w/ the plans
W&M expected to mark up the bill Wednesday. No final decisions have been made, per sources, but leaving out mining/staking rewards treatment would eliminate biggest sticking point w/ Dems
@PunchbowlNews Vault subscribers got the news first via text. MORE SOON in Sunday Vault
w/ @ccleffert
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