Junior has not yet escaped justice

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, who signed off on the subpoena to Trump Jr., told his colleagues that the panel has been engaged in talks with Trump Jr. since last December, and that he had agreed to voluntarily be interviewed on two separate occasions before backing off, according to sources familiar with the matter. That move prompted Burr and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner to ultimately issue the subpoena for his testimony, after Trump Jr.'s legal team objected to the scope and breadth of the planned interview, according to one source.

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Before the blowup over Trump Jr., Burr had earned praise in the Senate for the bipartisan handling of the probe, which moved forward quietly with a stream of witnesses moving before the committee.

Burr made a point of rarely attending White House events or speaking with the President. It's also not clear whether Burr will be swayed by the political pressure, given that he's already said he's not planning to run for reelection when his term ends up 2022, freeing him of concerns about a primary challenge.

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Trump Jr. told the Senate panel that he had only told campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner about the Trump Tower meeting ahead of time. But then-Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty in the special counsel probe, told Mueller's team that Trump Jr. said he had a lead on negative information about the Clinton Foundation at a morning campaign meeting in the days before the Trump Tower meeting.

Trump Jr.'s testimony on the Trump Organization's Trump Tower Moscow project has also come into question.

Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee he was "peripherally aware" of the project, but Mueller's report says that Cohen testified he had discussed the project on multiple occasions with Trump Jr. and that was not "idle chit chat."

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The subpoena has sparked a sharp backlash from Trump Jr.'s Republican allies — including many of Burr's Senate colleagues — publicly urging Burr to drop the matter and questioning his decision.

Trump, who said last week he was "very surprised" at the subpoena from Burr, tweeted a story Sunday about the Republican pressure on Burr and added: "Really sad!"

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While the subpoena was only revealed last week, the negotiations have been ongoing for several months, before Mueller finished his investigation. After the news broke, Burr kept quiet publicly but defended the move in private discussions with his colleagues, telling GOP senators about the months-long negotiations to secure his return, according to a source briefed on the comments.

After noting that the President's son agreed to come in on two different dates, then backed off, Burr explained that when Trump Jr.'s team postponed a planned April 4 interview, the committee said he could no longer delay his appearance. The panel gave him until April 8 to reconsider, at which point it issued the subpoena, according to the source.

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[W]ith Trump Jr. and his allies now mounting a fierce pushback against Burr, the GOP chairman could soon be forced to make a difficult decision if Trump Jr. defies the subpoena: whether to hold Trump Jr. in contempt and risk further GOP backlash or give the President's eldest son a pass and spark outcries of favoritism.

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Trump Jr.'s approach to the interview appears to have rankled the powerful Republican committee chairman, leading to the tense stand-off pitting Burr and Warner against the President's son and his Republican allies. The dispute is all the more remarkable given that Burr, a Republican, was first to issue a subpoena to a member of the President's family amid the House Democrats' war with the White House over their investigations into Trump's administration, businesses and finances.

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[T]he panel wants to clear up potential discrepancies from [Junior's] past testimony about the Russia project and the June 2016 meeting.

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"He's [Burr] been under enormous pressure at times from certain members to shut down the investigation, I've been under pressure to reach a conclusion before we're finished," Warner said. "I think we've resisted that, and I think as you see the work product of this committee, the committee will be proud, and candidly the American public will get to see how the Congress is supposed to work."

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The former Senate Judiciary Chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, declined to answer questions Monday about whether Trump Jr. should comply with the Intelligence Committee's subpoena.

"I don't have an answer for you," Grassley said. "Because for me to answer your question, I would have to divulge information I got in the caucus, that they asked us to keep private because everything that goes on in that committee is tightly held."

  CNN

Hmmmmmm.

UPDATE 5/14:  Junior's going back.