John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing that he hopes Trump's former White House Counsel Don McGahn will testify in the wide-ranging probes targeting the president
WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats on Monday struck a rare deal in their wide-ranging probes of President Donald Trump as the U.S. Justice Department agreed to hand over more evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia inquiry.
Dean told the panel there were parallels between Mueller’s investigative report, released in redacted form in mid-April, and a 1974 document, known as the Watergate Road Map, in which a special prosecutor laid out the case against Nixon. “Mueller has provided this committee with a road map,” Dean said.
The committee hearing, one in a series still to come on the Mueller report, occurred amid continuing discussion among House of Representatives Democrats about whether or not to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump. The Justice Department will continue to cooperate with the committee, under their agreement, as long as Democrats hold off on their Barr contempt vote, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said.
Mueller’s investigation is part of a broad fight between Trump and congressional Democrats, who are investigating his policies, conduct in office and private businesses. Trump has vowed to fight congressional subpoenas.
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