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McGahn and Trump Jr. Never Testified to Grand Jury

October 20, 2019 at 4:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Justice Department confirmed Sunday that President Trump’s son Donald Jr. and former White House Counsel Don McGahn were never called before a grand jury that heard witnesses called by Special Counsel Robert Mueller,” Politico reports.

“The disclosure was set in motion by U.S District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling last week that Justice Department attorneys had deleted too much information from a court filing last month in an ongoing legal dispute over Attorney General Bill Barr’s refusal to share with House lawmakers grand jury-related information in Mueller’s final report.”

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