Blocks Don McGahn from testifying to Congress

Trump directed former White House Counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the Mueller investigation findings. McGahn was a key witness in the Mueller Report, having testified that Trump repeatedly pressured him to fire Special Counsel Mueller and then to create a false record denying those directives. The White House claimed 'absolute immunity' from congressional testimony for former aides, an unprecedented and legally dubious assertion. McGahn's empty chair in the hearing room became a powerful symbol of Trump's blanket obstruction of congressional oversight. The move was part of Trump's broader strategy to block all cooperation with Congress, instructing current and former officials to ignore subpoenas and refuse to provide documents or testimony. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler called it 'obstruction of justice' and evidence of a 'constitutional crisis.'