WASHINGTON — The lead lawyer for the National Security Council is expected to defy a subpoena on Monday to appear before House impeachment investigators, as are three other White House witnesses, following President Donald Trump’s orders not to cooperate with the probe.
John Eisenberg is one of four White House witnesses scheduled for depositions on Monday. None of the four is expected to appear, for now, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss the confidential interviews.
The other witnesses subpoenaed for testimony on Monday are White House aide Robert Blair, National Security Council aide Michael Ellis and Office of Management and Budget aide Brian McCormack.
Democrats want to talk to all four about the machinations inside the White House before and after Trump held a July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskiy and asked him to pursue investigations into political rival Joe Biden and his family and Ukraine’s involvement in the 2016 election.