and this is cnn newsroom. a new report in the washington post, is sure to embolden democrats who wants to see donald trump s tax returns. it cites a draft memo, that says the internal revenue service must hand over tax returns unless the president cites executive privilege. house democrats have subpoenaed the president s excommunications director, hope hicks, in their obstruction probe of mr. trump. they want to ask her about a misleading statement about donald trump jr. s meeting with a lawyer. they have also subpoenaed annie donaldson, the one-time chief of staff to former white house counsel don mcgahn. that committee faced an empty
influence his cooperation, a partially redacted court memo reads, either he or his attorneys received communications from persons connected to the administration or congress that could have affected both his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation. the defendant even provided a voicemail recording of one such communication. the mueller report published that voicemail from the president s personal attorney flynn s attorney. if there s information that implicates the president we ve got a national security issue. so you know, we need some kind of heads up. even though michael flynn provided etched including the voicemail to robert mueller s team, the special counsel did not prosecute anyone on the president s legal team or anyone associated with congress as part of the obstruction probe. if robert mueller does testify, and we know there are negotiations going on between capitol hill and robert mueller and his team, this is likely a question that will be br
cnn s pamela brown explains how the white house is reacting to news of flynn s work with investigators. reporter: well, president trump is responding to these latest revelations unsealed in court documents that michael flynn cooperated with mueller s investigators in the obstruction probe. and the president is making the false claim that he was never warned about flynn before bringing him on as his national security advisor. president trump on a twitter tirade complaining again about the origins of the russia investigation and repeating unfounded claims his campaign was spied on. tweeting, quote, treason means long jail sentences and this was treason. before taking issue with new details surrounding his former national security advisor michael flynn. saying, quote, it now seems general flynn was under investigation long before it was common knowledge. if that was the case and with me beeng one of two people who would become president, why was i not told so i could make a
but that was legally sanctioned by the courts. so it s not clear what mr. trump was alluding to. meanwhile, we re getting fresh insights into the mueller probe and one key witness who gave the special counsel a lot of insider knowledge early in the investigation. we get the latest from cnn s pamela brown. reporter: well, president trump is responding to these latest revelations unsealed in court documents that michael flynn cooperated with mueller s investigators in the obstruction probe and the president is making the false claim that he was never warned about flynn before bringing him on as his national security adviser. mr. trump on a twitter tirade, complaining again about the origins of the russia investigation. and repeating unfounded claims his campaign was spied on, tweeting treason means long jail sentences and this was treason. before taking issue with new details surrounding his former national security adviser michael flynn, saying it now seems general flynn was under
cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation. the defendant even provided a voice mail recording of one such communication. the mueller report published that voice mail from the president s personal attorney to flynn s attorney. if there s information that implicates the president then we ve got a national security issue, so, you know, we need some kind of heads up. now, even though michael flynn provided evidence including the voice mail to robert mueller s team, the special counsel did not prosecute anyone on the president s legal team or anyone associated with congress as part of the obstruction probe. if robert mueller does testify, and we know there are negotiations going on between capitol hill and robert mueller and his team, this is likely a question that will be brought up. but a source on one of the congressional committees telling cnn that robert mueller will likely not testify before the first week of june. pamela brown, cnn, the white house. let s bring in michael