Trump World: Junior Subpoened, Attorney General Held in Contempt, Trump Asserts Executive Privilege

Donald Trump

Trump World is getting that much more complicated:

• Don Trump Jr., Trump's eldest son, has been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee (led by Republican Sen. Burr) to answer questions about his contacts with Russia, according to Axios' Jonathan Swan.

SCOOP: Republican-led Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. over Russia matters. First congressional subpoena - we know of - for one of President Trump's children https://t.co/f8jQhkewPd

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 8, 2019

• The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

• Amid all this, Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege for the first time in the Mueller investigation debacle.