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A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a House subpoena and testify. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said McGahn’s refusal to testify is grounds for the House to sue, in a victory for House Democrats. The court ruled 7-2.
Judge Jackson denied the request from William Barr's DOJ that her order for Don McGahn to testify be stayed while under appeal.
Trump can no longer hide impeachment witnesses or forbid them from testifying according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has ruled that former White House Counsel Don McGahn can't ignore a congressional subpoena, and must testify.
House Democrats got a big win on Tuesday evening as a judge granted a rush judgment on the question of whether Don McGahn will have to testify in the impeachment hearings.
Trump isn't bailing himself out of trouble by blocking Don McGahn's testimony. He's strengthening the case for impeachment.
The Justice Department said that Trump could direct McGahn not to testify, but nothing is stopping McGahn from showing up and testifying.
Trump has officially blocked White House Counsel Don McGahn from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Trump is going to try to block Don McGahn and other former administration officials from testifying before Congress.
Trump is facing a dangerous situation on obstruction as former White House counsel Don McGahn is viewed as a credible witness by Democrats and Republicans.
Anthony Scaramucci — the shortest-serving White House communications director in history — claims that he has special insights into the source of a series of leaks that have come from the White House recently. According to “Mooch” (as he is called) the leaks came from former White House Counsel Don McGahn.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said on Wednesday that Robert Mueller could now bring a “credible case” against President Trump for obstruction of justice.
Blumenthal’s remarks were made after Trump tweeted that White House counsel Don McGahn would be leaving his administration sometime later fall.
Former White House Special Counsel Kathy Ruemmeler explained that Trump and Giuliani are wrong. There is no attorney/client privilege between the president and the White House lawyer. Trump is freaked out because Don McGahn had to answer Mueller's questions.
Trump's lawyers realized that they have no idea what White House Counsel Don McGahn told Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
President Trump was on Twitter early Sunday attacking one of his favorite targets, the “failing” New York Times. He called Richard Nixon’s White House Counsel John Dean “a rat” and said “I have nothing to hide.” He also called the Mueller probe “McCarthyism at its WORST” and said the special counsel was investigating the wrong targets.
White House lawyer Don McGahn has been working closely with special counsel Robert Mueller in his Russia probe according to a blockbuster New York Times article published Saturday.
Here’s how the Times story began:
Donald Trump's White House legal counsel has hired a lawyer as Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to know what he knew about why Trump fired James Comey.