It also put Mr. Burr and the Intelligence Committee on their heels. (Several people close to the younger Mr. Trump said he was unlikely to appear in person and said one option was to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in a written response.) For Mr. Tillis, who is not on the Intelligence Committee, the squeeze might feel familiar. Earlier this year, he publicly came out against Mr. Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall against Congress’s wishes. But in March, facing criticism from home-state conservatives, he flipped and voted against a resolution of disapproval for the emergency declaration.

Source: New York Times May 09, 2019 23:31 UTC