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Story highlights House intel panel issued subpoenas in Russia investigation 
  
 The subpoenas come a day after Cohen said he would not cooperate with congressional investigators 
  
 Washington (CNN) The House intelligence committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to former national security adviser Michael Flynn and President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as part of the probe into Russian activity during the 2016 election. 
  
 The panel also issued subpoenas for documents related to "unmasking" of names separate to the Russia investigation. 
  
 The subpoenas, the first from the House panel, seek their testimony, as well as documents from their businesses. The committee issued a total of seven subpoenas Wednesday -- four related to the Russia investigation and three seeking details of "unmasking" of US residents by former national security adviser Susan Rice, former CIA Director John Brennan and former US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, a source said Wednesday. 
  
 "As part of our ongoing investigation into Russian active measures during the 2016 campaign, today we approved subpoenas for several individuals for testimony, personal documents and business records," Reps. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Adam Schiff, D-California -- the co-leaders of the House investigation -- said Wednesday in a statement. 
  
 "We hope and expect that anyone called to testify or provide documents will comply with that request, so that we may gain all the information within the scope of our investigation. We will continue to pursue this investigation wherever the facts may lead," they added. 
  
 Read More ||||| WASHINGTON—The House Intelligence Committee issued seven subpoenas on Wednesday, in a sign that its investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election is advancing in scope and intensity, according to people familiar with the matter. 
  
 The Republican-led committee issued four subpoenas related to the Russia investigation, targeting President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Flynn, Mr. Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and their businesses. The committee is also investigating possible... ||||| White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Associated Press) 
  
 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House intelligence committee said Wednesday it is issuing subpoenas for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser and his personal lawyer, as well as their businesses, as part of its investigation into Russian activities during last year's election. 
  
 In addition to those four subpoenas, the committee issued three others — to the National Security Agency, the FBI and the CIA — for information about requests that government officials made to unmask the identities of U.S. individuals named in classified intelligence reports. 
  
 The subpoenas were announced as the special counsel overseeing the government's investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia has approved former FBI Director James Comey to testify before the Senate intelligence committee, according to a Comey associate. 
  
 At a Wednesday briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said inquiries about the Russia investigation must be directed to Trump's longtime personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz. It marked the first time the White House had officially acknowledged that outside counsel had been retained. Calls and emails to Kasowitz's New York firm were not immediately returned Wednesday. 
  
 The Comey associate, who wasn't authorized to discuss details of the testimony and spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to discuss the content of Comey's planned testimony. The associate did say that Robert Mueller, whom the Justice Department appointed earlier this month to lead the government's inquiry, is allowing Comey to make certain statements. 
  
 Lawmakers are likely to ask Comey about his interactions with Trump as the bureau pursued its investigation into his campaign's contacts. 
  
 Associates have said Comey wrote memos describing certain interactions with Trump that gave him pause in the months after the election, including details of a dinner in which he claimed the president asked him to pledge his loyalty, and a request to shut down the investigation of Flynn. 
  
 A spokesman for Mueller, a former FBI director, declined to comment. Mueller's separate probe could conceivably look at the circumstances surrounding Comey's firing. 
  
 Congress is currently out of session. It resumes next Tuesday. No date for Comey's testimony has been set. 
  
 The Associated Press reported earlier this month that Comey planned to testify before the Senate committee after Memorial Day, but the approval from Mueller to do so could indicate that date is fast approaching. 
  
 A spokeswoman for the committee's chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said the committee welcomes Comey's testimony, but declined to comment further. 
  
 The House panel pursuing its own investigation of the Trump campaign and possible Russia ties has also sought information from Comey, asking the FBI to turn over documents related to his interactions with both the White House and the Justice Department. 
  
 Subpoenas were approved Wednesday for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn and his company, Flynn Intel Group, and Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, and his firm, Michael D. Cohen & Associates. 
  
 Cohen, who'd earlier refused a request for information saying it was "not capable of being answered," told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he would comply with subpoenas, should they be issued. He said he has "nothing to hide." 
  
 Trump has repeatedly dismissed allegations that his campaign collaborated with Russia ahead of the presidential election. Early Wednesday morning, the president tweeted "Witch Hunt!" in reference to testimony by Comey and former CIA director John Brennan before Congress on the topic. 
  
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 Pearson reported from New York. Associated Press writer Julie Bykowicz in Washington contributed to this report. |||||Summary:

– The House intelligence committee said Wednesday it is issuing subpoenas for President Trump's ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn and Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as well as their businesses, as part of its investigation into Russian activities during last year's election. The subpoenas were part of seven total issued by the panel Wednesday; the other three relate to the alleged politically motivated unmasking of Trump campaign officials in intelligence reports, the Wall Street Journal reports. The subpoenas—the first the committee has issued on the subject, per CNN—were announced as the special counsel overseeing the government's investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia has approved former FBI Director James Comey to testify before the Senate intelligence committee, according to a Comey associate. At a Wednesday briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said inquiries about the Russia investigation must be directed to Trump's longtime personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz. It marked the first time the White House had officially acknowledged that outside counsel had been retained. Calls and emails to Kasowitz's New York firm were not immediately returned Wednesday. Congress is currently out of session. It resumes next Tuesday. No date for Comey's testimony has been set, the AP reports. The Senate Intelligence Committee also has a Russia probe underway, and the panel has already subpoenaed Flynn.