Welcome back to Talking Feds, a prosecutor's round table that brings together prominent

former Department of Justice officials for a dynamic discussion of the most important

legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littman, I'm a former United States Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General,

and a current Washington Post columnist.

This is a week that saw the Trump administration and the House of Representatives hunkered

down in their respective positions, with the White House allied with the Department of

Justice seemingly committed to preventing the Congress from securing any additional witnesses

or testimony.

We're going to discuss two aspects of the hardening standoff.

First, we'll address the question whether and how the administration is engaged in what

fairly could be called a cover-up.

As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi alleged this week, prompting the president to storm

out of a meeting with the Democrats on infrastructure and declare that he will not govern so long

as he is under continuing investigation.

Second, we will look at the Democrats' prospects for advancing the investigation in the face

of the administration's intransigence, including their efforts to look to the federal courts,

and the state system.

We're joined today by feds across the country who are already well-known to listeners of

this podcast, not to mention just about anyone with a television set.

Together they bring deep and broad expertise about the courts, the Department of Justice,

and the Congress.

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