House Democrats plan hearing with John Dean, President Nixon's White House counsel.
For months, House Democrats have hoped Robert Mueller and any number of former White House officials would testify publicly on Capitol Hill to bring attention to the special counsel's findings, serving as a"new John Dean" to capture the attention of the American people as President Richard Nixon's former lawyer did during the Watergate scandal.
"These hearings will allow us to examine the findings laid out in Mueller’s report so that we can work to protect the rule of law and protect future elections through consideration of legislative and other remedies,” Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement. Former White House communications director Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson, the former chief-of-staff to Don McGahn, Trump's first White House counsel, are expected not to comply with a Tuesday deadline for documents under a subpoena issued by the House Judiciary Committee last month. They are also slated to testify before the committee later this month.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Monday that the House will vote next week to hold McGahn and Attorney General William Barr, who did not comply with a committee subpoena for the full Mueller report and underlying materials, in contempt of Congress, paving the way for Democrats to seek compliance with their subpoenas in civil court.
In the wake of the Mueller report's release, and the special counsel's surprise public statement last week highlighting his key findings, at least 56 House Democrats -- roughly 1 in 4 caucus members -- have called for the chamber to open an impeachment inquiry, according to an ABC News analysis.
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