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May 16, 2019

White House Refuses House Judiciary Committee Request for Documents
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The White House says it won't meet a request by the House Judiciary
Committee to turn over documents in a sweeping investigation into
whether President Trump obstructed justice. In a letter to House
Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone
accused Democrats of attempting a "do-over" of special counsel Robert
Mueller's investigation of President Trump. Congressmember Nadler
accused Cipollone of "claiming that the President is a king." Nadler
said he was considering holding Trump administration officials who
refuse to testify in contempt, and may levy "very large" fines against
anyone defying a congressional subpoena.


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