Story highlights A spokeswoman said the White House took no action to prevent the testimony

Sally Yates served as the acting attorney general

Washington (CNN) The White House on Tuesday rejected allegations that it sought to prevent former acting Attorney General Sally Yates from testifying before Congress in the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of ties between Russian agents and Trump campaign officials.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday the White House did not seek to block Yates' testimony and denied that the White House had pressured the House Intelligence Committee to cancel her scheduled testimony.

"I hope she testifies. I look forward to it," Spicer said during the White House briefing. "We have no problem with her testifying, plain and simple."

The letter was sent on the same day that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes canceled a previously scheduled hearing where Yates was scheduled to testify about ties between Trump advisers and Russian officials. Yates briefed Trump's White House counsel on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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