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Jerry nadler is already thinking about his next steps. according to nbc news, nadler is seeking to compel testimony from former white house counsel don mcgahn, mcgahn name appears 500 times in the report. considered a linchpin in the obstruction of justice case against the president. multiple officials tell nbc news the committee could move within days to request a court order to enforce its subpoena for documents and in-person testimony from don mcgahn. staffers from the hearing say you can expect to hear about him today. as democrats seek to bolster their agent for piercing the white house's...

So this will only ratchet up the tension between the two branches of government. and in in latest example today, the white house has directed hope hicks who was a former white house official, a close adviser to president trump and the deputy white house counsel anne donaldson to not turn over documents to the judiciary committee during the time at the white house. arguing that the documents could fall under confidentiality. they could be subject to executive privilege concerns. in both cases, anne donaldson and hope hicks are abiding by that. the committee does say through jerry nadler, the ch...

Justice this morning, rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general also arrived to work with him, to scrutinize and analyze his confident report that robert mueller handed to an attorney general yesterday. the report is comprehensive, we don't know how lengthy it is. the attorney general wants to provide congress with information this weekend. we could expect tomorrow to be the day that bill barr provides congress with a document detailing what the principle conclusions are. we don't know how lengthy they're going to be, or how in depth they're going to be that's an open question right now. very bu...

White house special counsel emmitt flood, that the white house initially rejected the request, similar in the way they handled the john kelly -- the former chief of staff interview. this was a change from before. as you may recall, before, white house staffers were voluntarily being interviewed by robert mueller's staff. the white house wasn't standing in the way. in this case, there was a change. of course, there was concern about executive privilege and those conversations sarah sanders had with the president, whether they should be protected. we don't know if there were limitations. i can t...

As you may recall, before white house staffers were voluntarily being interviewed by robert mueller's staff. the white house wasn't standing in the way. in this case, there was a change. of course, there was concern about executive privilege and those conversations sarah sanders had with the president, whether they should be protected. we don't know if there were limitations. i can tell you in talking to sources, sarah sanders, before she would go on the podium, she would talk to president trump. he was involved in what she said at that podium. then he would watch and they would talk about how...