BREAKING: White House sends letter to lawmakers, indicating that former White House counsel Don McGahn was instructed by White House not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to Mueller probe, until an agreement is reached.
The White House has instructed former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, according to a letter sent Tuesday from White House counsel Pat Cipollone to McGahn's attorney William Burck.
In a letter to lawmakers obtained by ABC News, , Burck, McGahn’s attorney, says the White House has “directed McGahn not produce the documents “because they implicate significant Executive Branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege.” The deadline for McGahn to produce documents to the committee is Tuesday and Democrats have requested McGahn testify before the committee later this month.
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