A U.S. federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from a former White House official who had challenged a congressional subpoena in the impeachment inquiry involving U.S. President Donald Trump.
Charles Kupperman, a former deputy national security adviser, sued in October after being subpoenaed by House Democrats to testify in their impeachment investigation into Trump's interactions with Ukraine. He had asked a judge to decide whether he had to comply with that subpoena from Congress or with a conflicting directive from the White House that he not testify.
"This conduct is of course entirely consistent with the repeated representations that counsel for the House has made to this Court," Leon wrote. "The House clearly has no intention of pursuing Kupperman, and his claims are thus moot." Kupperman and Bolton have the same lawyer. As a senior adviser to the president on matters of national security, Bolton would have had similar arguments available to him had he been subpoenaed. Bolton had indicated through his lawyer that he would not testify in the impeachment inquiry without a subpoena, and he did not receive one from the House.
Charles Cooper, a lawyer for Bolton and Kupperman, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
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