Breaking: The White House directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to rebuff a congressional subpoena for documents related to the Mueller probe
WASHINGTON—The White House on Tuesday directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to rebuff a congressional subpoena for documents related to the special counsel investigation, escalating a standoff between the administration and Capitol Hill over Congress’s oversight efforts.
In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler , a lawyer for Mr. McGahn said he had been directed by the White House not to turn over the documents the committee requested “because they implicate significant Executive...Congress is taking steps to see the unredacted Mueller report and the evidence that supports it. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes looks at the political options that could play out in Congress.
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