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House Democrats struggle for solid footing following Mueller report

WASHINGTON - When Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat who leads the House Judiciary Committee, first planned hearings on the Russia investigation, this week wasn't what he had in mind.

He wanted to hear directly from former White House counsel Donald McGahn, who could provide eyewitness accounts of how President Donald Trump repeatedly tried to end or limit the probe.

Yet when Nadler's panel meets Monday, McGahn won't be at the witness table. Instead it will feature John Dean, who was White House counsel under President Nixon and testified for the prosecution during the Watergate scandal that

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