The White House has instructed two former aides to President Donald Trump not to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, saying Rick Dearborn and Rob Porter are "absolutely immune" from testifying at what the panel is calling its first impeachment hearing. In a letter sent to
1 / 2Trump Russia ProbeIn this Aug. 12, 2017, photo, Rob Porter, left, White House Staff Secretary, speaks to President Donald Trump after Trump made remarks regarding the ongoing situation in Charlottesville, Va., at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, N.J. The White House has instructed Porter and another former aide to President Donald Trump not to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Sept.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler invited the three men to testify at the hearing as part of the panel's probe into Mueller's report and what Nadler is calling an"aggressive series of hearings" this fall to determine whether Trump should be impeached.
In the letter regarding Lewandowski, Cipollone wrote Nadler that his conversations with Trump"are protected from disclosure by long-settled principles protecting executive branch confidentiality interests."Story continuesHe added:"The President would have us believe that he can willfully engage in criminal activity and prevent witnesses from testifying before Congress — even if they did not actually work for him or his administration.
At the hearing on Tuesday, Lewandowski would be free to discuss Trump's campaign, which he worked on until he was fired in the summer of 2016. But the Judiciary panel is most interested in Mueller's report, and whether Trump obstructed justice. The report said the president could not be exonerated on that point.
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