The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee set a Monday deadline for the Justice Department to comply with a subpoena, first issued April 19, for the entire Mueller report as well as underlying evidence
WASHINGTON—The Democratic-controlled House and the Trump administration careened toward a constitutional showdown Friday over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The latest volley in the widening clash over the administration’s resistance to congressional oversight requests came when the chairman of the Judiciary Committee set a Monday deadline for the Justice Department to comply with a subpoena, first issued April 19, for the entire special counsel report as well as underlying...
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