Democrats are expected to file a lawsuit to enforce their subpoena for former White House counsel Donald McGahn’s testimony as early as today, sharply escalating their dispute with the White House.
As early as Wednesday, Democrats are expected to file a lawsuit to enforce their subpoena for former White House counsel Donald McGahn’s testimony, sharply escalating their dispute with the White House by sending the fight over a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to court for a resolution.
Though there have been lighthearted moments -- at a June meeting on the White House campus, Norm Eisen, a Democratic committee lawyer, joked that the group, seated around a round table, were thus on equal footing and well-positioned to strike deal -- negotiations have largely stalled over the scope of the inquiry following Mueller’s July testimony.
Discussions between Democrats and the White House over the committee’s document request to McGahn have also continued but are unlikely to proceed in the wake of the new lawsuit, White House and Republican sources predicted.Mueller had requested to speak with McGahn about the circumstances surrounding former FBI Director James Comey’s firing and his reported involvement in the events surrounding former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Russia investigation.
The committee is expected to subpoena Lewandowski for testimony in the coming weeks, sources told ABC News. Lewandowski would be willing to testify publicly before the committee, but his attorney is encouraging him only to speak about his time working for Trump on the campaign, not about any conversations he had with Trump as president, sources said.
In late July the House Judiciary Committee petitioned a federal judge to release grand jury material from Mueller’s investigation as part of the process to determine whether to take up impeachment.
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