Congress has no right to conduct a ¡°do-over¡± of special counsel Robert Mueller¡¯s Russia probe, the White House said in a letter blasting House Democrats¡¯ ¡°sweeping¡± requests for documents as an effort to harass political opponents.

The May 15 letter from White House counsel Pat Cipollone to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says the committee¡¯s main probe of President Donald Trump¡¯s presidency serves no legitimate legislative purpose.

It was drafted in response to a March 4 request for documents from Nadler, who is running a congressional investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power.