Cummings relents to one of two White House demands for ex-security chief interview

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A top House Democrat has backed off a threat to hold a former White House official in contempt of Congress.

De-escalating a fight over an ignored subpoena, the White House announced late Friday that it would allow former White House personnel security director Carl Kline to do a transcribed interview for the House Oversight Committee.

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