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    Former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel Says White House Officials Defying Subpoenas Are Obstructing Justice

    Nov 08, 2019 3 minutes
    Chuck Hagel gives a press conference during a defence ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 5, 2015. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

    In an expected move, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defied a House Intelligence Committee subpoena in the impeachment inquiry Friday.

    Chuck Hagel, former Obama administration Defense Secretary and former Republican senator to Nebraska, says White House officials who don’t show up to testify are obstructing justice.

    “We are a nation of laws. We are all answerable to a constitution,” he says. “I don’t see any other way to read that than obstruction of justice.”

    He adds it’s “pretty clear” President Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy

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