The Washington Post reports, "The House took its strongest step yet in the standoff with President Trump over congressional oversight, voting Tuesday to seek court enforcement of subpoenas for Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Donald McGahn." The House Judiciary Committee can now go to court to enforce subpoenas to which the White House has objected on a spurious, unjustified assertion of executive immunity.
In her speech on the House floor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argued that central to Congress’s powers and obligations is “oversight of the executive branch and all of the areas essential to the well-being of the American people.