WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's White House prevented a former aide from answering more than 200 questions posed by Democrats in Congress ...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's White House prevented a former aide from answering more than 200 questions posed by Democrats in Congress who are investigating whether Trump interfered with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to a transcript released on Monday .
The Democratic-controlled committee called those confidentiality concerns a"sham principle" that has not been recognised as legitimate in court.Donaldson's silence meant little light was shed on incidents outlined in Mueller's 488-page report, including an alleged effort by Trump to have Donaldson's boss, former White House Counsel Don McGahn, remove Mueller from the investigation.
The report, released by Mueller in redacted form in mid-April, cites Donaldson as a source of information on Trump's role in the departures of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey. Mueller's investigation found that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election on Trump's behalf, but concluded that Trump's campaign had not illegally conspired with the Kremlin. It also outlined several instances where Trump tried to interfere with the investigation, but reached no conclusion as to whether that amounted to obstruction of justice.
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