{"id":552266,"date":"2021-06-04T10:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552266"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:35:33","slug":"don-mcgahn-testifying-on-russia-investigation-after-two-year-subpoena-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-mcgahn-testifying-on-russia-investigation-after-two-year-subpoena-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Don McGahn Testifying On Russia Investigation After Two-Year Subpoena Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-mcgahn-testifying-on-russia-investigation-after-two-year-subpoena-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.580027359781\">\n<p>Ex-White House Council Don McGahn will testify to the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors over former President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The testimony arrives nearly two years after House Democrats first requested it. McGahn, who was referenced multiple times in special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s report, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/04\/23\/white-house-official-ignore-democrat-subpoena-clearances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defied<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/04\/22\/mueller-report-mcgahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subpoena<\/a> to testify from April 2019. Democrats subsequently took him to court.<\/p>\n<p>Though the committee ultimately won the suit, the panel likely will not learn anything new from Friday\u2019s testimony. Under the agreement, McGahn will only receive questions about information that was publicly available in Mueller\u2019s redacted report, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/don-mcgahn-house-judiciary-trump-12a2bfe94d640395fdbc6f1e414cd621?utm_source=sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=june4_morningwire&#038;utm_term=morning%20wire%20subscribers\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mueller\u2019s report, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/24\/justice-department-mueller-report-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> in March 2019, found that the former president did not collude with the Russians during the 2016 presidential election, but declined to judge whether Trump had obstructed the investigation as it was underway.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/04\/18\/mueller-report-release-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Barr Releases Redacted Mueller Report)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6632054\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6632054\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6632054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrumpMcGahn-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"White House Counsel Don McGahn (R) attends a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on October 17, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrumpMcGahn-scaled.jpg 2881w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/TrumpMcGahn-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrumpMcGahn-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrumpMcGahn-620x413-1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2881px) 100vw, 2881px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6632054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House Counsel Don McGahn attends a cabinet meeting with former President Donald Trump on October 17, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The report noted how Trump had urged McGahn to convince then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, and how the former president tried to tell McGahn to remove Mueller from the probe due to perceived conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately clear what House Democrats will do with the testimony given that Trump is no longer president.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20706048-mcgahncadcdeal\">court filing<\/a> describing the agreement between McGahn and the panel shows that Trump was not involved in the discussions leading up to the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spokesman Jason Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/house-justice-department-mcgahn-testimony-487217\">told Politico<\/a> last month that Trump had not agreed to the deal and was instead \u201cevaluating his options for fully protecting the privilege that continues to cover his communications with his closest advisors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-White House Council Don McGahn will testify to the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors over former President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation. 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