Ex-White House lawyer says firing Mueller would have been "point of no return"

Former White House Counsel Don McGahn said that telling the Justice Department to fire special counsel Robert Mueller at former President Trump's urging would have been a "point of no return" that left him feeling "trapped" in his position.

But in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee following a two-year court battle, McGahn said he did not witness any lawbreaking or obstruction of justice and agreed with the president's other decisions, including firing former FBI Director James Comey. McGahn's testimony came nearly four years after the episodes documented in Mueller's report on Russian interference and obstruction of justice. While it offered context to some of his decision making and testimony to the special counsel, it offered few new revelations about what occurred at the time.