sally yates was set to testify. she was expected to discuss communications between former trump national security adviser michael flynn and russia's ambassador to the u.s. "the washington post" reported the white house tried to block yates from testifying. that's a claim the press secretary sean spicer flat out rejected. >> on the 24th miss yates attorney sent a letter requesting that consent specifically saying if they did not receive a response by march 27th at 10:00 a.m. they would conclude that the white house does not assert executive privilege over these matters. the white house did not respond and took no action that prevented miss yates from testifying. i hope she testifies. i look forward to it. calls for nunes to recuse himself is coming from democrats and one republican, walter jones. co elijah cummings says this. the claim by chairman nunes that