WASHINGTON – Donald Trump Jr. has agreed to come testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee after the panel subpoenaed him last week.



According to a source familiar with proceedings, Trump Jr. agreed to come in mid-June to meet with the committee with limited circumstances.

The source said the interview will be between two and four hours long and will be limited to no more than six topics.

The GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed the president’s son last week.

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A committee spokesperson declined to comment on the agreement.

The subpoena deadline was Monday and Trump Jr. intended to let the committee know he would not show up, according to the source. His lawyers had drafted a letter, reviewed by USA TODAY, saying they would not allow Trump Jr. to testify before the committee.

They had not yet sent the letter when a staff member of the Senate Intelligence Committee called Trump Jr.’s legal team Monday afternoon and said they were willing to negotiate, and extended the deadline until 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The deal was announced Tuesday afternoon.

Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a Republican, has taken heat from some members of his party for the committee’s decision to issue the subpoena.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and close ally to President Donald Trump, on Sunday said if he was Trump Jr.'s lawyer, he would advise him not to testify. On Monday, Graham clarified his earlier remarks and said that the president's son should "show up and plead the Fifth."

The subpoena threatened to rip open a rift within the Republican Party if Trump Jr. did not show up, and the committee would have had to decide how to proceed.

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The president last week said he was surprised by the move from lawmakers.

"My son’s a very good person. My son was totally exonerated," Trump told reporters last week, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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