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That move raised the spectre that the panels would force him to Capitol Hill to deliver his testimony.

The Senate Intelligence Committee appears to be the first of the three panels to issue a subpoena for his testimony. Spokeswomen for the panel’s top Republican and Democratic members declined to comment, but Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis confirmed Thursday that a subpoena had been issued from that committee.

Cohen is expected to begin serving a three-year prison term in early March. House Oversight panel chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Wednesday that the panel “can always bring him in. Even if he’s in prison.”

It is not clear if the House Oversight and Intelligence committees also plan to issue subpoenas for Cohen.