White House counsel Pat Cipollone said that Congress has no right to a “do-over” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and other investigations undertaken by the Justice Department in a letter sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday.
Why it matters: Cipollone’s letter will further escalate the war between the Trump administration and House Democrats, who are attempting to obtain the unredacted copy of Mueller’s report as well as access to the sources and witnesses that helped to form its conclusions.
View the complete May 15 article by Orion Rummler on the Axios website here.