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House Democrats issue subpoena for former White House lawyer

Washington • The Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday ordering former White House counsel Donald McGahn to testify before the panel next month and hand over documents and records pertaining to federal investigations of President Donald Trump, his finances, his campaign, and charges that he sought to obstruct justice.

“The special counsel’s report, even in redacted form, outlines substantial evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction and other abuses,” Judiciary panel chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said in a statement, calling McGahn “a critical witness to many of the allege instances of obstruction of justice and other misconduct described in the Mueller report.