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US Judge to Rule in Suit Seeking McGahn Impeachment Testimony

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   A U.S. federal judge is due to issue a ruling Monday in a lawsuit filed
   by the House Judiciary Committee seeking to compel former White House
   Counsel Don McGahn to testify in the impeachment probe of President
   Donald Trump.

   The Judiciary Committee originally sought McGahn's testimony in
   connection with the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller
   into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and allegations Trump,
   as president, obstructed justice by working to shut down the probe.

   The committee argued in a court filing last week that it is now even
   more urgent it hear from McGahn in light of the public hearings held
   this month by the House Intelligence Committee into allegations Trump
   illegally pressured Ukraine to investigate a Democratic rival.

   Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District
   of Columbia said she would issue her ruling by the end of the day
   Monday.

   McGahn is among a number of Trump administration officials who have
   ignored congressional subpoenas from committees conducting their
   various investigations of Trump as the White House argued the officials
   were immune from being compelled to give such testimony.

   Others who have refused to testify include Secretary of State Mike
   Pompeo, former National Security Adviser John Bolton and acting Chief
   of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

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