President Donald Trump on June 13 praised the new lawyer hired by his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, whose sentencing is approaching after multiple delays. Attorney Sidney Powell confirmed her new role to The Epoch Times on June 12.
Also on June 13, the Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas against Flynn as part of its own probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The panel also subpoenaed Trump’s former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates.