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 House judiciary committee chair demands McGahn testify before Congress as Democrats escalate investigation of Trump * Follow the latest in US politics - liveDon McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland on 22 February 2018. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/APThe Democratic chairman of the House judiciary committee has issued a subpoena demanding that former White House counsel Don McGahn testify before Congress as House speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to hold Donald Trump to account following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report on Russian influence on the 2016 US election.The move escalates the Democrats' investigations into Trump, as the party remains split over moves towards impeachment, and debates how to proceed with the evidence contained in Mueller's 448-page report, which laid out 10 episodes of potential obstruction of justice and abuse of power by the president."The special counsel's report, even in redacted form, outlines substantial evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction and other abuses," said Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House judiciary committee, which has the power to launch impeachment proceedings."It now falls to Congress to determine for itself the full scope of the misconduct and to decide what steps to take in the exercise of our duties of oversight, legislation and constitutional accountability."Sign up for the US morning briefingIn a statement, Nadler said the committee asked for McGahn, who coop
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 For tech workers in China, a brutal work schedule of 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week (usually just called "996") is not only commonplace, it's been hailed as "a huge blessing" by the likes of Alibaba's eccentric and fantastically wealthy taskmaster, Jack Ma.
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