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Judge tells ex-Trump staff to obey House subpoena


McGahn will now have to appear before Congress and testify. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a congressional subpoena seeking his testimony about President Donald Trump’s efforts to impede the now-completed federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election, a judge ruled on Monday.
In an important case about presidential powers, US District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington rejected the Trump administration’s legal claim that current and former senior White House officials cannot be compelled to testify before Congress.
“Executive branch officials are not absolutely immune from compulsory congressional process – no matter how …read more

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