In an escalating fight, the White House invoked executive power to prevent former counsel Donald McGahn from complying with a congressional subpoena.
By Mike DeBonis , Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade and Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow Matt Zapotosky Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department Email Bio Follow May 7 at 8:49 PM Republicans on Tuesday rallied behind President Trump’s effort to quash lingering questions raised by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The political broadside stood in stark contrast to a legal assessment from more than 700 former prosecutors from Republican and Democratic administrations, who signed a letter asserting that Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice based on Mueller’s findings were he not president. “I lost that fight, but I will stand to the end of my days that presidents should not lie under oath and should not suborn perjury from others — period, full stop,” said Rosenzweig, a member of the conservative Federalist Society. “I realize that’s a low bar, but apparently it’s not low enough for the American public.
“The report talks about no collusion, no cooperation, so what are you talking about?” Gardner said, referring to Democrats’ accusations of malfeasance. “Look, we have work to do to make sure Russia doesn’t continue to try to influence the elections. I think that’s a major concern that we have — I think that’s what I want to continue to focus on.”
“Frankly, Democrats are choosing conflict when compromise is available to them,” said Rep. Mark Meadows , a member of the House Oversight Committee who is close to Trump. “The way the Democrats are issuing subpoenas . . . is fundamentally different and more aggressive than it was when a Republican majority was in the House and Obama was in the White House.”
[White House invokes executive privilege to bar former counsel from turning over documents to Congress] That was only one of multiple invocations of former president Richard M. Nixon, who resigned in 1974 shortly before an imminent House impeachment vote. With Trump and his administration refusing to comply with congressional requests, Democrats weighed various options, from launching an impeachment probe to holding officials in contempt of Congress to a growing list of legal challenges.
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