(CNN) The White House has instructed former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to comply with a subpoena for documents from House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, teeing up the latest in a series of escalating oversight showdowns between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats. McGahn's decision not to comply with the subpoena could push Nadler to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress, just as he's moving to do with Attorney General William Barr after the Justice Department defied a subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence. The aide said the vote Wednesday on whether to hold Barr in contempt was still planned, at least as of the end of the meeting. Nadler issued a subpoena to McGahn for documents and testimony related to the committee's obstruction of justice investigation, setting a Tuesday deadline for McGahn to turn over documents and proposing a May 21 hearing date. McGahn's attorney William Burck told Nadler in a letter Tuesday that McGahn was deferring to the White House's position that it maintains control of the documents Nadler had set a Tuesday deadline for McGahn to turn over.

Source: CNN May 07, 2019 15:43 UTC