“Let me be clear: this committee will hear Mr. McGahn’s testimony, even if we have to go to court to secure it,” Nadler said at the outset of the hearing
House Democrats convened Tuesday to hear a crucial witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and for the second time in a month, they came face to face with an empty chair.
Former White House Counsel Don McGahn refused to appear, deferring to President Donald Trump’s instruction that he not testify to the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Jerry Nadler has warned that McGahn could face stiff consequences for ignoring his subpoena to appear and sent a warning shot at the president Tuesday..
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