Pelosi Issues Impeachment Warning as White House Escalates Fight
- White House tells former counsel McGahn not to answer subpoena
- Ignoring subpoenas ‘could be’ impeachable, House speaker says
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Trump administration’s defiance of subpoenas could be an impeachable offense, even as the top White House lawyer instructed his predecessor not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats.
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said in a letter Tuesday to the House Judiciary Committee that President Donald Trump may wish to assert executive privilege over the documents the panel is seeking from former counsel Don McGahn.