Trump prepares to fight back against investigations as Congress returns to work | Analysis by stcollinson
Now, his habit of a lifetime is putting the checks and balances system of government to its gravest test in years as lawmakers return to Washington amid an escalating showdown over accountability.Trump is adopting a strategy of all out resistance to sweeping Democratic efforts to use their House majority to investigate his conduct and his administration in a way that critics charge shows contempt for Congress and its constitutional role.
His political counselor Kellyanne Conway hinted to CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union" on Sunday that Trump would try to stop his former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying about the Mueller report, including Mueller's evidence that the President told him to fire the special counsel."Executive privilege is always an option, it's always on the table. But Don McGahn has already talked under oath for 30 hours.
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