The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee intensified a fight over White House security clearances on Monday, while the House Judiciary Committee announced it would vote Wednesday on authorizing a subpoena to compel the release of Mueller's full report and underlying evidence to Congress.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman on Monday added momentum to his panel's probe by revealing that a White House staffer informed the committee in a private interview of alleged failures in the White House security clearance process.
Cummings, whose committee has been investigating the security clearance system since late January, said he plans to subpoena Carl Kline, former personnel security director in the Trump White House, to be deposed as part of the probe and accused the White House of "Obstructing" it.
ADVERTISEMENT.He also threatened to subpoena other White House officials and reiterated a call for documents related to the clearances of several top officials, including Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, , and the president's eldest daughter,.
On a separate front, House Judiciary Committee Chairman said he planned to prepare subpoenas to compel testimony and documents from five former White House officials and campaign aides who he says failed to provide documents the panel requested last month as part of its sprawling investigation into possible corruption, obstruction of justice and abuse of power by members of Trump's administration and inner circle.
The move toward authorizing subpoenas for the Mueller report and other documents and witness testimony is sure to ratchet up tensions between congressional Democrats and the White House and could ultimately result in court battles.
"The Democratic Party is in disarray in the absence of a narrative about Russia because they lied to the country for 22 months," Rep., an outspoken member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News on Monday.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/436836-dems-ramp-up-subpoena-threats
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman on Monday added momentum to his panel's probe by revealing that a White House staffer informed the committee in a private interview of alleged failures in the White House security clearance process.
Cummings, whose committee has been investigating the security clearance system since late January, said he plans to subpoena Carl Kline, former personnel security director in the Trump White House, to be deposed as part of the probe and accused the White House of "Obstructing" it.
ADVERTISEMENT.He also threatened to subpoena other White House officials and reiterated a call for documents related to the clearances of several top officials, including Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, , and the president's eldest daughter,.
On a separate front, House Judiciary Committee Chairman said he planned to prepare subpoenas to compel testimony and documents from five former White House officials and campaign aides who he says failed to provide documents the panel requested last month as part of its sprawling investigation into possible corruption, obstruction of justice and abuse of power by members of Trump's administration and inner circle.
The move toward authorizing subpoenas for the Mueller report and other documents and witness testimony is sure to ratchet up tensions between congressional Democrats and the White House and could ultimately result in court battles.
"The Democratic Party is in disarray in the absence of a narrative about Russia because they lied to the country for 22 months," Rep., an outspoken member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News on Monday.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/436836-dems-ramp-up-subpoena-threats
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