Sessions, Rosenstein unaware of McGahn subpoena: source

Neither former Attorney General Jeff Sessions nor former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were aware of any Justice Department subpoena for records of Trump administration White House counsel Don McGahn while they were in office, a source close to Sessions and Rosenstein told Fox News.

"You would absolutely want the top-cover," one former senior DOJ official said. "The idea that you would do something that sensitive without alerting senior leadership is…suicide." Current and former officials also noted that McGahn may not have been the target of an investigation, and that it could have been focused on someone he had been in communication with.