Article snippet: MORE’s attempt to stonewall investigations by House Democrats by preventing former aides such as White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying is an uphill legal battle. The White House has signaled that it will assert executive privilege to block McGahn and others from testifying. But Trump allowed McGahn to speak to special counsel MORE and permitted the release of the special counsel’s redacted report without asserting executive privilege, a decision that could make it hard to justify the new argument in court. “It’s unlikely that the White House would prevail in blocking any testimony of Don McGahn on the basis of executive privilege,” said Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor who is a frequent contributor to The Hill. “The problem for the White House is that the areas that Congress is most interested in were covered in detail by the special counsel,” Turley added. Trump on Wednesday signaled he will take a hard line on all of the Democratic probes, vowing to reporters that he would fight “all the subpoenas” and saying he would take any effort to impeach him to the Supreme Court. He cast Democrats as hopelessly mired in political games, arguing they were not after the truth. “Look, these aren't impartial people,” he said. “The Democrats are trying to win 2020. They're not going to win with the people that I see, and they're not going to win against me. The only way they can luck out is by constantly going after me on nonsense.” Trump... Link to the full article to read more