White House directs former counsel Don McGahn not to testify before House panel
Source: CNN
(CNN)Former White House counsel Don McGahn is not expected to appear Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, defying the committee's subpoena and setting the stage for another contempt vote to retaliate against the Trump administration for rejecting the demands of Congress.
The White House argues that as a former senior adviser to the President, he is exempt from having to appear before Congress. The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel concluded that former McGahn was not legally required to appear before the House Judiciary Committee and testify about matters related to his official duties as counsel to the President, according to a memo issued Monday and obtained by CNN.
"The Department of Justice has advised me that Mr. McGahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a senior adviser to the President," White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement that McGahn "cannot be forced to give such testimony, and Mr. McGahn has been directed to act accordingly." "This action has been taken in order to ensure that future Presidents can effectively execute the responsibilities of the Office of the Presidency," she said.
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and his "current legal team" that you once represented want's "you" to throw yourself under the criminal enterprise bus........let's see what your Federalist Society values say...................since you were once on the team that recommended the packing of the courts with your ilk.................
