Column: Trump, Don McGahn and DOJ stonewalled Congress. Look for the courts to set them right (via latimesopinion)
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A direct, public account of such conduct would forever mar Trump’s legacy. It would suffice to convict a federal defendant any day of the week of obstruction of justice under 18 USC 1505 — “endeavor[ing] to impede the due and proper administration” of a federal investigation. Instead, the president was able to skate by without Congress’ being able to consider, or the American people to know, the details of McGahn’s evidence.
It amounted to a bizarre and pernicious ruling. The authority to enforce subpoenas is a well-accepted judicial function. And were the decision to stand, it would convert a supposedly co-equal branch of government to a paper tiger that presidents could ignore with impunity, as the current one too often has.
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