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NEWS: McGahn deputy Annie Donaldson refused to answer 212 questions about her Mueller testimony at the direction of the White House. Story TK

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NEW: Annie DONALDSON said the WH blocked her from answering Mueller-related questions 212 times, and she couldn't "independently" recall answers to another 15 questions.

Another witness with little to say to the House Judiciary Committee. w/ @desiderioDC

politico.com/story/2019/07/…

@desiderioDC DONALDSON invoked the "confidentiality interests" of the Executive Branch in refusing to answer Democrats' questions.

This is different than the "absolute immunity" claim that White House lawyers invoked for Hope Hicks last month. politico.com/story/2019/07/…

@desiderioDC BUT: Donaldson also went further than Hicks to confirm the accuracy of events described in the Mueller report.

She described "general" recollections of, for example, efforts to get McGahn to claim he wasn't asked to fire Mueller. politico.com/story/2019/07/…

@desiderioDC DONALDSON also affirmed that the White House counsel's office received a call from BURR identifying potential targets of the Senate Intel Committee's Russia probe.

In confirming the call occurred, she disputed its characterization as a formal "briefing" politico.com/story/2019/07/…