House Panel Ramps Up Fight With 2 More Subpoenas

The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former White House communications director Hope Hicks and a former aide in the White House counsel's office as Democrats continue their investigations of President Trump. The committee subpoenaed Hicks for documents and for testimony at a public hearing, the AP reports. It subpoenaed Annie Donaldson for documents and for questioning in a private deposition. Donaldson was a top aide to former White House Counsel Donald McGahn, who on Tuesday defied a subpoena from the committee to testify. Trump had directed McGahn not to appear. McGahn was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, describing ways in which the president sought to curtail that probe. The subpoenas come as Democrats debate how to respond to Trump's declaration that he will fight "all of the subpoenas" from Congress. (Democrats say they will move to hold McGahn in contempt.)