Article snippet: The Senate Intelligence Committee’s decision to subpoena MORE is putting a spotlight on a split within the GOP conference between it and another key panel investigating the 2016 election — the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Intelligence Committee has long been seen as the last bipartisan investigation into the 2016 election on Capitol Hill. Chairman MORE (Va.), have worked closely together and generally avoided partisan fights. News of the Trump Jr. subpoena provoked GOP criticism of Barr, with Warner coming to his defense. The Judiciary Committee has been seen as a more partisan panel, and its chairman, Sen. MORE’s email probe and GOP concerns that the Obama-era FBI “spied” on Trump’s presidential campaign. Trump and his allies have accused the issue of being “swept under the rug.” Graham, who took over the Judiciary Committee in January, distanced himself from the Trump Jr. subpoena, the first known instance of a subpoena directed toward one of the president’s children. “I’m not his lawyer, so it’s up to him, but if I were his lawyer I’d be reluctant to put him back in this circus,” Graham told reporters. Graham avoided any criticism of Burr but said of the investigation into Trump’s campaign, “For me, it’s over.” The two panels engaged in a turf battle in the early days of the Trump administration, and have since traveled down different paths, with wildly different scopes of interest. They initially locked horns over competing requests to hear from key figure... Link to the full article to read more