Two Republican-led
Senate committees have launched election-year investigations into the Justice Department’s
Russia probe, resurrecting the issue at the urging of President
Donald Trump while reigniting the partisan hostility that comes along with it.
In two committee rooms Thursday, tensions boiled as lawmakers considered a raft of subpoenas for current and former
Justice Department officials.
With the country suffering through civil unrest over
police brutality, mass unemployment and the
Coronavirus pandemic,
Democrats and even some
Republicans questioned whether looking back at the Russia investigations — now dating back more than three years — should be a top priority.