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Spokesmen and spokeswomen for the committee's leaders did not
immediately respond to requests for comment on the report.
CNN also reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had issued
subpoenas to Melissa Laurenza, an attorney with the Akin Gump
law firm, who formerly represented Trump's former campaign
manager, Paul Manafort, and to Jason Maloni, a Manafort
spokesman.
CNN said Maloni and a spokesman for Mueller declined comment and
that Laurenza referred questions to a spokesman who did not
immediately comment.
Russia has loomed large over the first six months of the Trump
presidency. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that
Russia worked to tilt last year's presidential election in
Trump's favor. Mueller, who was appointed special counsel in
May, is leading the investigation, which also examines potential
collusion by the Trump campaign with Russia.
Several congressional committees are also looking into the
matter.
Moscow denies any meddling. Trump denies any collusion by his
campaign, while regularly denouncing the investigations as
political witch hunts.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Grant McCool)
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