The DOJ asked a federal judge to put a temporary pause on her ruling that orders former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the House impeachment probe, saying it needs the delay to pursue an appeal
The Justice Department asked a federal judge Tuesday to put a temporary pause on her ruling that orders former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the House impeachment probe, saying it needs the delay to pursue an appeal.
“Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings,” Jackson wrote. “On an issue of this importance to the nation, it plainly serves the public interest to have the issues raised in this case resolved by an appellate tribunal,” DOJ wrote.
The same appellate court has already put an administrative stay on another lower court decision that Democrats should get access to some of Mueller's secret underlying evidence. Trump, however, appeared to complicate that claim on Tuesday with his tweets. He specifically said he would welcome testimony from McGahn and Bolton, but argued that he couldn't risk a damaging precedent from being set.
Democrats accused Kupperman, and by extension Bolton, of a delay tactic, since court proceedings could take months. They instead urged the two men to honor Jackson’s ruling in the McGahn matter since it has always been expected this month.
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