“This is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendment rights,” the House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said. “This is an effort to enforce federal law…Nobody in this country is above the law.”

The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to subpoena the White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency recommended that she should be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits the political activities of federal employees.

Conway did not appear on Wednesday on the advice of White House counsel for the committee’s scheduled hearing.

Developing…