Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to authorize 53 subpoenas in connection with an investigation into the origins of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The afternoon vote along party lines grants the committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the authority to issue the subpoenas, which will target a range of former government officials.
“We need to look long and hard how the Mueller investigation went off the rails,” Graham, a close political ally of President Donald Trump, said at the hearing. Graham is up for reelection this year.