Ex-White House Aide Rob Porter Is Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry

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Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the former White House aide Rob Porter to testify about President Trump’s efforts to impede the Russia investigation, its chairman announced, the latest step in the panel’s expansive inquiry into whether to impeach Mr. Trump.

Mr. Porter was a key witness to Mr. Trump’s repeated attempts to thwart the special counsel investigation, including the president’s efforts to get the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II to falsely deny a New York Times article that revealed his order to fire the special counsel.

One of the highest-profile witnesses sought by the House, Mr. Porter is referenced many times throughout the Mueller report’s second volume, which focuses on obstruction of justice. Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, declined to determine whether Mr. Trump criminally obstructed justice but suggested in his report that others could use the evidence he gathered to make that call.

“The committee intends to hold hearings and obtain testimony over the coming months as part of its efforts to hold the president accountable as we move forward with our investigation into obstruction, corruption and abuse of power by Trump and his associates,” the Judiciary Committee chairman, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, said in a statement.

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By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Maggie Haberman
Aug. 26, 2019, 12:53 p.m. ET


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/us/politics/rob-porter-judiciary-subpoena.html

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1. Here is the House Judiciary Committee tweet

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NEW: @HouseJudiciary subpoenas former WH staff secretary Rob Porter. Trump directed Porter to tell Don McGahn to create a false record. Porter told McGahn what Trump wanted him to do & that Trump said he would fire McGahn if he did not do it. https://judiciary.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-judiciary-committee-subpoenas-rob-porter …

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1:39 PM - Aug 26, 2019

The embedded image in the tweet -

[BigmanPigman]

2. Isn't he, along with Lewandowski, an ex

boyfriend of Hope Hicks? I wonder if she gave them info on both when she testified.

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3. Lock him up!!!!!