The House Judiciary Committee is asking a federal court to force Don McGahn, one of Mueller’s star witnesses, to testify on Capitol Hill over objections from the White House
The House Judiciary Committee will ask a federal court on Wednesday to force one of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s star witnesses to testify on Capitol Hill over objections from the White House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to House Democrats.
Democrats have vowed to defeat that argument in court, and they have stated that a victory in McGahn’s case would unlock testimony from a long list of Mueller’s other crucial witnesses. They include McGahn’s top deputy, Annie Donaldson, and former White House communications director Hope Hicks — both of whom have acquiesced to the White House’s directives.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. McGahn’s name appears 529 times in the 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s efforts to impede or constrain the probe. McGahn testified to Mueller’s investigators that Trump directed him to fire the special counsel, and he said the president later asked him to publicly deny the episode and create a false record.
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