After issuing document requests to 81 separate entities, the House Judiciary Committee has obtained "tens of thousands" of pages to scour, but zero of them came from the White House.
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon turned over 8,195 pages; Trump pal and Inaugural committee chief Thomas Barrack submitted 2,688; and the National Rifle Association handed over 1,466, reports Politico.
But responses to the question of whether the panel is getting good traction with its wide-ranging requests depend on whom you ask. Republicans on the committee say just eight entities complied with the Monday deadline, while one more set of documents was in the mail. But House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler said that was an undercount, with many more witnesses pledging their cooperation and some seeking "friendly subpoenas" that would compel their cooperation. Keith Davidson, for instance, the attorney who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in the hush money payment schemes, has requested subpoenas in order to give him the freedom to comply. But overall, the panel's spokesperson declined to talk specifics about who had and hadn't responded. Politico writes:
In addition to Bannon, Barrack and the NRA, former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos submitted 47 pages of documents; another campaign adviser, J.D. Gordon, turned over 51 pages; former Russian intelligence officer Rinat Akhmetshin, who attended the 2016 Trump Tower meeting arranged by Donald Trump Jr., provided 467 pages; ex-campaign adviser Sam Nunberg turned over 23 pages; and the Trump Inaugural Committee, chaired by Barrack, provided 104 pages.
The White House, on the other hand, really went the extra mile to snub Judiciary Democrats. Not only did it not comply with the request, but it didn’t even write a return letter notifying the panel of its failure, which is the customary practice. In addition, two former White House attorneys— former White House counsel Don McGahn and former deputy counsel Annie Donaldson—have referred the panel's requests to the White House.