After years of effort, congressional investigators finally got their chance Friday to grill former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel.
As the circuitous saga of Don McGahn’s testimony concluded, Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee vied to declare victory— but the very heavily litigated journey has likely been much more significant than its ultimate result.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the panel’s top Republican, told reporters after the closed-doors interview that the Q&A session had been overtaken by events.
“The takeaway for me is, yesterday Jen Psaki at the White House said she doesn’t want to relitigate 17-month-old emails from Dr. Fauci, yet today we have House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee religitating the Mueller report,” he told reporters, according to C-SPAN.
Meanwhile, committee Democrats called Friday “a great day for Congressional oversight.” (more)
Source: Politico