1/ Trump and the Trump Organization sued Democratic House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to block a subpoena seeking information about his finances. The committee subpoenaed Mazars USA, Trump’s longtime accountant, for 10 years’ worth of Trump’s financial records after the firm requested a so-called “friendly subpoena.� Trump’s lawyers complained that Democrats have “declared all-out political war� against him, with subpoenas as their “weapon of choice.� (CNBC / Politico / Washington Post / CNN) / Axios)

2/ Rudy Giuliani defended the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton, saying “there’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians.� When asked whether it’s “okay� to use information stolen by a foreign adversary in service of a presidential candidacy, Giuliani said “it depends on the stolen material.� He then added that Russia “shouldn’t have stolen it, but the American people were just given more information.� (Daily Beast / New York Times / CNN / Washington Post)

3/ The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn as part of its investigation into obstruction of justice. The subpoena demands that McGahn testify before the committee on May 21st and provide documents on three-dozen topics by May 7th. The committee previously served the Justice Department with a subpoena for the full Mueller report and underlying evidence, demanding the documents by May 1st. (CNN / CNBC)

4/ The Trump campaign hired a new in-house attorney for 2020, shifting its business from McGahn’s law firm, Jones Day, that represented Trump since his run for president. McGahn told Robert Mueller’s investigators that Trump directed him to call Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and tell him to fire Mueller. McGahn refused. “Why in the world would you want to put your enemy on the payroll?� one adviser close to the White House said. “They do not want to reward [McGahn’s] firm.� (Politico / Washington Post)