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The House intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia’s election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign, according to a congressional aide. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal committee matters. Cohen, a longtime attorney for the Trump Organization, remains a personal lawyer for Trump. He served as a cable television surrogate for the Republican during the presidential campaign. The subpoena for Cohen comes as the congressional investigations into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia advance beyond formal requests for information from...

(Bolding mine.) President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is now one of the people included in the widening congressional probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Cohen told ABC News in an email House and Senate investigators asked him to "provide information and testimony" about any interactions he had with people tied to the Russian government, but Cohen declined their request. "I declined the invitation to participate as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered," Cohen said in an email Tuesday.

Two congressional investigations into Russia’s attempts to tamper with the 2016 presidential election have expanded to include President Donald Trump’s personal attorney.Michael Cohen, Trump’s attorney and surrogate, confirmed to ABC News that the House and Senate intelligence committees requested he provide investigators with “information and testimony” regarding any contacts he had with Russian officials.Cohen said in an email to the news outlet that he refused the committees’ requests on the grounds that they were “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”Last week, the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee received broad subpoena power to conduct the committee’s...