Ex-White House Counsel Defies House Subpoena to Testify on Russia Probe

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Ex-White House Counsel Defies House Subpoena to Testify on Russia Probe

“We will not allow the president to stop this committee’s investigation,” Nadler said. The committee two weeks ago overrode Republican objections as it voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over an unredacted copy of Mueller’s 448-page report on his 22-month investigation. The leading Republican on […]

Trump Lashes Out at Russia Probe as ‘McCarthyism’

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Trump Lashes Out at Russia Probe as ‘McCarthyism’

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday angrily denounced the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election meddling as “McCarthyism at its WORST!,” insisting he had authorized his White House counsel to testify to bring the matter to a close. Trump’s Twitter storm was set off by a front-page report in The New York Times that said White House […]