Author: Bart Jansen, USA TODAY

Don McGahn, the former White House counsel, skipped a House hearing on Tuesday. Lawmakers wanted to ask him about obstruction by the president.

Former White House counsel Don McGahn need not comply with a House subpoena ordering him to testify on Tuesday, the Justice Department said.

President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege to keep parts of Robert Mueller’s report secret, setting up a likely legal fight with Congress.

President Donald Trump is fighting a congressional subpoena for his financial records in U.S. District Court.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declares special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election over.

President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday to block a House subpoena for financial records from the Trump Organization’s accountant, Mazars USA

Lawmakers want to see information Robert Mueller obtained using grand juries and could launch a legal fight to obtain it as soon as Wednesday.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham plans to investigate possible Justice and FBI abuses in probing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign

Federal prosecutors filed extortion and conspiracy charges against Avenatti in New York. He was charged in Los Angeles with embezzlement and fraud.