McGahn to skip hearing at Trump's urging as Democrats debate next steps
1 / 3The witness chair in the House Judiciary Committee is expected to be without former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. President Donald Trump directed McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify but the committee's chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has threatened to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress if he doesn't appear.
But that hasn't been swift enough for some members of the Judiciary panel who feel that Pelosi should be more aggressive and launch impeachment hearings that would make it easier to get information from the administration. Such hearings would give Democrats more standing in court and could stop short of a vote to remove the president.
Just before the start of the meeting, Cicilline tweeted:"If Don McGahn does not testify tomorrow, it will be time to begin an impeachment inquiry of @realDonaldTrump." McGahn's lawyer, William Burck, said in a letter to Nadler that McGahn is"conscious of the duties he, as an attorney, owes to his former client" and would decline to appear.
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