House Judiciary Committee issues subpoena for testimony from former White House aide Rob Porter as part of the panel's ongoing investigation into potential obstruction of justice by Pres. Trump.
Porter served as White House staff secretary for Trump from January 2017 until he resigned amid allegations of domestic abuse in February 2018 -- allegations he has denied. He served as a key witness in former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
"Porter thought the matter should be handled by the White House communications office, but the President said he wanted McGahn to write a letter to the file ‘for our records’ and wanted something beyond a press statement to demonstrate that the reporting was inaccurate," the Mueller report reads. The subpoena for Porter comes as Democrats on the Judiciary Committee continue to ratchet up their investigation, which earlier this month Nadler said could end in a vote for articles of impeachment.
The White House has used a similar argument to block testimony from former White House counsel Don McGhan and to limit the scope of former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks' testimony before the panel in June.
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