A day after the House voted to impeach President Trump, the Justice Department used that vote against the House as the administration asks an appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision backing a House subpoena of former White House Counsel Don McGahn.
The Trump administration referenced the impeachment proceedings in court briefs filed Thursday, ahead of oral arguments in front of the appellate court next month. Specifically, it alluded to the House’s decision not to include conduct from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report — and the episodes the House claimed it needed McGahn to testify about — in the articles it …read more
Source:: TPM