BREAKING: Federal judge orders former WH Counsel Don McGahn to testify, shattering the WH’s claims of “absolute immunity.” The long-awaited ruling from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson hands Democrats a big win and pierces the White House’s long-standing blockade on witness testimony.
JUDGE JACKSON on Trump blocking McGahn from testifying: “the President does not have the power to excuse him or her from taking an action that the law requires. Fifty years of say so within the Executive branch does not change that fundamental truth.” 
Judge Jackson says the White House’s argument that close presidential advisers are “absolutely immune” from congressional testimony is “baseless.”
She says the House has “constitutionally vested responsibility” to investigate abuses of power
Full ruling: politico.com/f/?id=0000016e…
She says the House has “constitutionally vested responsibility” to investigate abuses of power
Full ruling: politico.com/f/?id=0000016e…
Judge Jackson tears into the unitary executive theory that often guides Trump/Barr DOJ opinions:
“Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings.”
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“Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings.”
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JUST IN: DOJ spox Kerri Kupec says “we will appeal the decision.” —@dsamuelsohn reporting
@dsamuelsohn Our @politico story on Judge Jackson’s ruling & what it all means for the House’s impeachment inquiry, by @dsamuelsohn & @kyledcheney with assists by me & @joshgerstein
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