This is the fourth in a series of five columns on the recent revelations that the Justice Department, beginning in the Trump administration and continuing into the Biden administration, conducted investigations of leaks of sensitive information by government officials to members of the media. Those investigations reportedly involve subpoenas for communications records of several journalists, as well as other controversial information demands by investigators. Follow these links for the first, second, and third columns in the series.
Pace Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.), the Trump nemesis who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, the congressional quest to compel testimony from Don McGahn, former president Donald Trump’s White House counsel, ended with a whimper. McGahn’s appearance before Nadler’s committee about three weeks ago was a dud: Heavily negotiated, it did not advance public knowledge about Trump’s actions during the Russiagate investigation beyond what had already been outlined in the Mueller report.
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