By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Trump administration has tried to limit former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates’ congressional testimony on possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Her lawyer, David O’Neil, said the Justice Department was claiming her actions as a deputy attorney general were “client confidences” and therefore should not be disclosed without written permission, Fortune reports.
“We believe that the Department’s position in this regard is overbroad, incorrect, and inconsistent with the Department’s historical approach to the congressional testimony of current and former senior officials,” O’Neil wrote in a March 23 letter to Justice Department official Samuel Ramer.
The White House denied any interference with Yates’ plans to testify.
“We have no problem with her testifying, plain and simple,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.
Yates said she still plans to testify but won’t reveal any classified information.
