--- title: Paul Manafort Subpoena Deal Agreed by Senate Committee description: The ranking Democrat of the Senate judiciary committee and its Republican chairman have reached a deal to subpoena Paul Manafort canonical: https://time.com/4960331/paul-manafort-subpoena-dianne-feinstein-chuck-grassley/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-27T23:38:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:54:03.840Z article:section: Politics og:title: Senate Will Subpoena Paul Manafort to Testify at a Public Hearing og:description: The former chairman of President Trump's campaign cut a deal to avoid a public hearing in July og:url: https://time.com/4960331/paul-manafort-subpoena-dianne-feinstein-chuck-grassley/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ece3059688cb710/6988bf58656a3f7bfbbcf3ba/paul-manafort-170322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds Primary Night Event In New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Senate Will Subpoena Paul Manafort to Testify at a Public Hearing twitter:description: The former chairman of President Trump's campaign cut a deal to avoid a public hearing in July twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ece3059688cb710/6988bf58656a3f7bfbbcf3ba/paul-manafort-170322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Senate Will Subpoena Paul Manafort to Testify at a Public Hearing on the Russia Investigation > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=b61a5376-9229-4fbf-b32a-744a9d595b74&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: In His Words: Paul Manafort on Russian Ties [Watch (HLS stream): In His Words: Paul Manafort on Russian Ties](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LdV4cOKm.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2017-03-22. Former Trump Campaign Aide Paul Manafort's mentions of his or the campaign's connections with Russia leading up to the election._ by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 27, 2017 11:38 PM UTC Former Trump Campaign Aide Paul Manafort's mentions of his or the campaign's connections with Russia leading up to the election. by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Sep 27, 2017 11:38 PM UTC The ranking Democrat of the [Senate judiciary committee](http://time.com/4865687/donald-trump-jr-paul-manafort-senate-judiciary-russia/) and its Republican chairman have reached a deal to subpoena [former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort](http://time.com/4951014/paul-manafort-brief-russian-billionaire-trump/) in order to make him attend a public hearing. [Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told CNN Wednesday](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/politics/paul-manafort-subpoena-plan/index.html) the she and Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have agreed to terms regarding Manafort as part of the committee’s investigation into [Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election](http://time.com/4954456/voter-registration-hack-states/) and possibly the FBI during both the Trump and Obama administrations. A Feinstein spokesperson told CNN that the subpoena agreement is “in principle” and that details are still being hammered out. Grassley also confirmed the deal to the outlet and said that specific details are being finalized. Manafort’s office did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. Manafort has tried to avoid appearing at a public hearing on the matter in recent months, cutting a deal with investigators in July in exchange for documents and a closed-door, transcribed interview with the committee. President Donald Trump’s son, [Donald Trump Jr.](http://time.com/4939242/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-jr-what-happened/), took the same deal. But Grassley has apparently grown frustrated with Manafort since then, according to CNN, because his lawyers have not cooperated with the committee’s request. If successfully arranged, the hearing will almost certainly discuss a June 2016 meeting in which Manafort, Trump Jr. and senior adviser to the President and son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke with Russians who claimed to have incriminating information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Manafort has also been under the scrutiny of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who as part of his own Russia probe last month had [FBI agents raid Manafort’s home](http://time.com/4894220/paul-manafort-raid-robert-mueller-investigation/) in the middle of the night with him and his wife sleeping inside. ## Transcript [00:00] Agreement that I negotiated for Ukraine. And there's no [00:02] basis to it. I'm always careful of the clients I take. Now you [00:05] got Trump who's saying nice things about Putin, and he [00:07] brings in a guy who was helping someone who is [00:09] connected to Russian bad guys? We can sit down and talk [00:11] foreign policy if you want any time cuz it's a very complex [00:13] thing. But at the end of the day, the agreement that the [00:16] current president, who I also helped get in power, signed [00:19] was an agreement that I negotiated for Ukraine with the [00:22] European Union. And that's the reason that there was a [00:24] document for Poroshenko to sign. The work that I was [00:26] doing in Ukraine was to help Ukraine get into Europe, and [00:28] we succeeded. But I'm not working for any clients right now [00:31] other than Mr. Trump. And are you going to make a [00:34] promise in the future that if he's president, you'll be careful [00:37] what clients you take? I'm always careful what clients I [00:40] take. Are there any ties between Mr. Trump, you or your [00:43] campaign, and Putin and his regime? No there are not. It's [00:47] absurd, and there's no basis to it. We have no relationship. [00:52] This is an absurd attempt by the Clinton campaign to try to [00:56] get the focus off of what the real issue is. The real issue [00:59] isn't even the Democratic National Committee server being [01:02] hacked. The real issue is her server. The Republican [01:06] Party's views when it comes to Ukraine. How [01:10] much influence did you have on changing that language [01:12] sir? I had none. In fact, I didn't even hear of it until after [01:17] our conversation was over. 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