'This flies in the face of the American idea that no one is above the law, and I reject it,' the House Judiciary Committee chairman responded.
The Trump White House told the House Judiciary Committee to “discontinue” its investigations into the president’s alleged abuses of power, labeling them “an unauthorized ‘do-over’” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The letter went on to state that President Donald Trump and his White House will not comply with requests from the committee for its investigations. It further directed the 81 recipients of letters from the committee — including government agencies, Trump campaign entities and current and former Trump administration and campaign officials — not to comply with requests for documents.
This posture reflects recent moves by Trump and his lawyers to put up massive resistance to congressional investigations. Trump publicly announced an unprecedented blanket stonewalling of Congress when he stated he would fight “all the subpoenas.” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin failed to comply with tax law when he declined to hand over Trump’s tax returns.
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