GOP blocks House Intelligence Democrat’s move to subpoena Trump interpreter

The uproar over President Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin spilled into a House Intelligence Committee hearing on China issues today, as Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff (D-CA) tried unsuccessfully to subpoena Trump’s interpreter at the private one-on-one meeting with the Russian leader on July 16.

After Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) turned to Schiff for his opening statement in the China hearing, the Democrat said the “extraordinary circumstances” surrounding the summit, and indications that “commitments were made” by Trump in...