Stocks fell on Tuesday after a top U.S. trade official indicated that higher tariffs on Chinese goods are coming later this week.
The White House on Tuesday directed former counsel Donald McGahn to hold onto documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.
The House Judiciary Committee had demanded the documents with a subpoena that set Tuesday as the deadline. In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote that the documents "remain legally protected from disclosure under longstanding constitutional principles, because they implicate significant Executive Branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege."
McGahn's own counsel confirmed to Nadler that McGahn will not comply with the committee's subpoena. That attorney, William Burck, wrote in a letter to Nadler that "the appropriate response for Mr. McGahn is to maintain the status quo unless and until" Congress can reach an agreement with the executive branch.to McGahn last month shortly after a partially redacted version of Mueller's report was released to the public.
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