Congress

House Judiciary Committee Sues to Enforce McGahn Subpoena

Vishnu Kannan
Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 4:51 PM

On August 7, the House Judiciary Committee filed a civil complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the committee’s subpoena for former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony. The complaint argues that McGahn’s refusal to testify impedes the committee’s ability to determine whether to approve articles of impeachment, pass remedial legislation and conduct oversight of the Department of Justice. The document is available here and below.

On August 7, the House Judiciary Committee filed a civil complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the committee’s subpoena for former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony. The complaint argues that McGahn’s refusal to testify impedes the committee’s ability to determine whether to approve articles of impeachment, pass remedial legislation and conduct oversight of the Department of Justice. The document is available here and below.


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Vishnu Kannan is a 2L at Stanford Law School. Previously he was the advisor to the president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a researcher at Lawfare and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University where he studied international relations, political theory and economics.
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