Meanwhile, delay technique on the taxes:

House panel moves to hold former White House official in contempt after he obeys Trump administration’s instruction not to testify

By  Tom Hamburger @ WashingtonPost.com, April 23 at 3:56 PM

The House Oversight Committee moved Tuesday to hold a former White House personnel security director in contempt of Congress for failing to appear at a hearing investigating alleged lapses in White House security clearance procedures.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said he would consult with the House counsel and members of the panel about scheduling a vote on contempt for former White House personnel security director Carl Kline. At the instruction of the White House, Kline failed to show up for scheduled testimony on security clearances.

The move marks a dramatic escalation of tensions between Congress and the Trump White House, which is increasingly resisting requests for information from Capitol Hill

“The White House and Mr. Kline now stand in open defiance of a duly authorized congressional subpoena with no assertion of any privilege of any kind by President Trump,” Cummings said in a statement. “Based on these actions, it appears that the President believes that the Constitution does not apply to his White House, that he may order officials at will to violate their legal obligations, and that he may obstruct attempts by Congress to conduct oversight.” [....]

Hillary vs. Jared dueling war room narratives on the Mueller Report at the Time 100 Summit:

Clinton says Trump escaped indictment only because of DOJ policy

By Katie Galioto @ Politico.com, Updated 04/23/2019 03:55 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that President Donald Trump escaped obstruction of justice charges only because of a Justice Department rule barring the indictment of a sitting president.

"I think there’s enough there that any other person who had engaged in those acts would certainly have been indicted," Clinton said at a TIME magazine event in New York. "But because of the rule in the Justice Department that you can’t indict a sitting president, the whole matter of obstruction was very directly sent to the Congress." [....]

Clinton on Tuesday called for the release of an unredacted version of Mueller's report to allow lawmakers the information necessary to move forward with a thorough investigation.

Pelosi's strategy earned the approval of Clinton, who said impeachment — a drastic move that Democratic leaders worry could cost their party the House in 2020 — should not be fueled by "partisan political purposes."

"I think her argument was we want to show the American people we take our constitutional responsibilities seriously," Clinton said.

Like Pelosi, she advocated for a "careful" approach, describing impeachment as something that should be undertaken "in a really serious, diligent way, based on evidence." [....]

Kushner: Mueller probe was 'more harmful' to U.S. than Russian election interference

By Katie Galiloto @ Politico.com, Updated 04/23/2019 01:28 PM EDT

Senior Trump administration adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday that the 22-month Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller was “more harmful” to the United States than the Russian election interference Mueller was charged with investigating.

During a rare interview covering a wide range of hot-button issues at the TIME 100 Summit, Kushner claimed Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election to aid President Donald Trump amounted to "a couple Facebook ads."

“You look at what Russia did, buying some Facebook ads and trying to sow dissent. It's a terrible thing,” Kushner said in his first public remarks since Mueller's report was released last week. “But I think the investigations and all of the speculation that's happened for the last two years has a much harsher impact on our democracy than a couple Facebook ads." [....]

Dems launch probe into 'unprecedented' Trump firings at Homeland Security

@ TheHill.com- 04/25/19 02:41 PM EDT