"According to letters The Post reviewed, the Justice Department notified Yates earlier this month that the administration considers a great deal of her possible testimony to be barred from discussion in a congressional hearing because the topics are covered by the presidential communication privilege....On Friday, when Yates's lawyer sent a letter to the White House indicating that she still wanted to testify, the hearing was canceled...Yates and another witness at the planned hearing, former CIA director John Brennan, had made clear to government officials by Thursday that their testimony to the committee probably would contradict some statements that White House officials had made..."

Predictably, the White House is now lying about its egregious actions.  It confounds how anyone can continue to support Trump, unless they, too, think lying, traitorous actions and breaking the law in other ways is acceptable.  It seems they do.