laid out 11 separate instances of obstruction of justice. the mcgann incident is the most flagrant one. i m over 1,000 nonpartisan, nonpolitical former prosecutors who signed a letter saying the evidence is more than sufficient to charge obstruction. so what will doj do? it is easier to walk away. i know it s messy and difficult to consider a charge like this. but guess what? prosecutors don t take the job to look for the easiest way out. doj has a job to do here. that is so interesting. just to remind people what mcgann did tell special counsel s robert mueller when he said he was directed by the president. he said he decided he would resign rather than triggering what he regarded as a potential saturday night massacre. so, yes, it s harder because of the politics and the way it could look if the justice department goes after this. but your point is it s necessary given the severity of what he told the special counsel. yeah. exactly. let s not lose sight of this.
the government is kcapable of things like that. it is important to remember that this is a fight against a consistently evolving actor, right? you can t just make a single purchase and move on with your day. this is a these are people. they re incredibly intelligent. and they re always evolving. there is enough money to keep them evolving and growing and ahead of us. yeah. sort of luke drug cartels ris right? how long is that going snon follow the money. hard to beat it. thanks so much. thanks for having me. all right. after two years of futuring over this and back and forth, the house judiciary committee is now today questioning former white house counsel sdan mcgann. he was a significant witness during robert mueller s investigation. way back in 2019, house
team five different times, whether the stories were true, whether there are any additional questions about the incidents, that s how limited this will be. expect the democrats are going to be asking today about whether or not mcgann was, again, asked to fire former special counsel robert mueller. that is what was chronicled in the mueller report. that is something that democrats are going to dig into. trump denudeied that. that is going to be the scope of what can be asked. a larger point. the fights with the house democrats whether it is mcgann s testimony, these have been in the court fights for years. and that s why you re starting to see some of this information just getting out. we should stay we expect in future dates even though this is occurring behind closed doors, we will see a transcript of what transpiers today. we re going to get a luittle moe information. it will take a few dawes to get to. lauren, thank you very much.
democrats subpoenaed mcgann to testify. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lawmakers struck a deal to get mcgann to testify. not like he could spill all the beans. what are the limits as to what he can talk about? that s right. today s testimony before the house judiciary committee which is happening behind closed doors is really sort of a blast from the past when you think about exactly how long this fight has been going on. like you said, democrats tried to get this testimony back in 2019 when they came into majority. the tomestimony today is going be limited in scope. the deal reached between biden and house democrats is that the democrats can ask about anything related to the mueller report. and whether or not certain instances, certain testimony that mcgann gave in the unt views, he sat with mueller s
transcript critical. thanks. let s bring in our senior analyst. as lauren explained, there is stuff he cannot answer. but at least there say transcript of what was asked even if he doesn t answer for the public. you talk about what a key witness he was for mueller and what a key witness he is now on this front on any obstruction, potential charges. can you explain why today is so important even though it is two years after they asked for it? it s crucial what will thoop d will happen today. it also underscores the travesty of this. we ve known the gist of don mcgann s testimony. he is the single most important witness to the single most flagrant obstruction of justice in the mueller report. donald trump instructed don mcgann to fire robert mueller and then trump called on mcgann into the oval office and told don mcgann to lie about that