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After Mueller report, House panel subpoenas former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn

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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday to President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Don McGahn, seeking testimony about the president…
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday to President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Don McGahn, seeking testimony about the president’s efforts to thwart the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The subpoena, issued by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N. Y., follows revelations that McGahn had cooperated extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller, offering investigators detailed information about steps by the president to intercede in the investigation that shadowed the first two years of his administration.
The subpoena, which lists three dozen documents the committee is requesting from McGahn, is a sign that Democrats intend to use Mueller’s findings to probe deeper into the president’s actions starting from around the time he took office. Already, it has set off a contentious political fight in Congress, with the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee criticizing Democrats of rushing to issue a subpoena.
«The Special Counsel’s report, even in redacted form, outlines substantial evidence that President trump engaged in obstruction and other abuses,» Nadler said in a statement.

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