William Burck, a lawyer for Don McGahn, told the House Judiciary Committee that his client would “respect the president’s instruction”
WASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to rebuff a congressional subpoena to testify the next day, escalating a standoff over a key witness to the president’s efforts to curtail and shut down the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
The White House sent to the House Judiciary Committee a memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel that argued Congress can’t compel the president’s senior advisers to testify about their official duties.
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