number one, directing the white house to d efy one, directing the white house to defy a lawful subpoena by the committees. number two, directing other executive branch agencies and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and the withholding of documents and records from the committees in response to which the department of state, the office of management and budget, department of energy, and department of defence refused to produce a single document or record. directing current and former — number three, directing former and current branch officials not to co—operate with the committees, in response to which nine officials defied subpoenas for testimony, namelyjohn michael mick mulvaney, robert b blair, john a eisenberg, michael ellis, preston wells griffith, russell t vaught, michael ellis, preston wells griffith, russelltvaught, michael duffy, brian mccormick, and t ulrich breakable. these... to undermine the united states government investigations into foreign interference in united states elections. that is adam schiff, the democratic congressman for california, and he is one of the manage