Resolution authorizes court action against US attorney general and former White House counsel in aftermath of Mueller reportThe House of Representatives has passed a resolution enabling lawmakers to go to court to enforce their subpoenas against the US attorney general, William Barr, and former White House counsel Don McGahn. House Democrats passed the resolution on a party-line vote of 229-191 on Tuesday. McGahn separately heeded instructions from the White House to refuse a subpoena calling upon him to testify before Congress. The measure also includes language to enable committee chairmen to enforce their subpoenas in court without a full vote on the House floor. House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats “need answers on the questions left unanswered” by Mueller’s Trump-Russia report.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 22:56 UTC