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On Monday, the White House notified the House Judiciary Committee that the president had directed former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to appear before the committee on May 21 pursuant to a subpoena issued earlier this month.
On Monday, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released the following opinion on whether former White House Counsel Don McGahn enjoys immunity from compelled testimony by the House Judiciary Committee. The full opinion is below.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the following executive order, entitled “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain.”
On Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear expert testimony on the development of 5G infrastructure from the following witnesses:
On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia unsealed an indictment charging Daniel Everett Hale, a former intelligence analyst with the Air Force and National Security Agency and a former contractor at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, with five counts, including four under the Espionage Act, for providing classified information to a reporter.
On May 1, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA employee, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide classified information to the Chinese government in violation of the Espionage Act. The statement of facts and plea agreement are below.
Statement of Facts
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Bill Barr requesting the unredacted Mueller report and supporting documents. The subpoena is below.