The White House is expected to block former White House counsel Don McGahn's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee as soon as Monday, a source says
The options the White House could use to block McGahn's appearance include claiming McGahn is immune from testifying as a former adviser to the President. The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel is expected to release an opinion that will address the immunity issue surrounding McGahn's testimony, according to a Justice Department official.
McGahn is now one of a number of officials who could be held in contempt by Congress.Earlier this month, Nadler's committee voted to hold Barr in contempt for refusing to provide the unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence to Congress. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff says he will take an unspecified"enforcement action" against the Justice Department for not complying with the committee's subpoena for Mueller's counterintelligence information.
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