The House Judiciary Committee voted in May to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. WSJ reporters break down what legal options Congress has for enforcing a subpoena. Photo Illustration: Nailah MorganWASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to rebuff a congressional subpoena to testify the next day, escalating a standoff over a key witness to the president’s efforts to curtail and shut down the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The White House sent to the House Judiciary Committee a memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel that argued Congress can’t compel the president’s senior advisers to testify about their official duties.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 20, 2019 19:31 UTC