According to thehill,
Mulvaney’s attorneys notified a federal court about his new stance. He will now
obey instructions from Trump to shun the subpoena by the House.
Acting White House chief of
staff Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday dumped plans to file a lawsuit regarding his
compliance with a subpoena for congressional testimony in the House impeachment
inquiry into President Donald Trump.
The attorneys reportedly
told the court that after further consideration he “does not intend to pursue
litigation regarding the deposition subpoena issued to him by the U.S. House of
Representatives”.
The filing came hours after
Mulvaney’s lawyers said he planned to file his own suit after encountering
opposition to joining a similar one filed by former White House official
Charles Kupperman.
“Rather, he will rely on
the direction of the President, as supported by an opinion of the Office of
Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, in not appearing for the
relevant deposition,” Mulvaney’s attorneys, William Pittard and Christopher
Muha, wrote in a filing in D.C. District Court on Tuesday.
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Judge Richard Leon had
scheduled a status conference for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the matter, but Pittard
and Muha said it would no longer be necessary in light of Mulvaney’s decision.
Mulvaney was subpoenaed by
the House Intelligence Committee to testify last Friday in connection with the
impeachment inquiry focused on the Trump administration’s policies on Ukraine.
Mulvaney did not show up with the appearance, and House Democrats have signalled
decisions by the acting chief of staff and others not to cooperate in the
impeachment inquiry would be taken as evidence of obstruction.
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