Tag: House investigations

House Dems demand records from Trump’s communications with Putin

Three Democratic chairmen in the House are pressing for records and interviews related to President Trump‘s communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following reports that he sought to destroy records detailing such contacts.

Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees, respectively, wrote separate letters to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo asking that they turn over personnel records detailing the president’s contacts with Putin.

The three chairmen also want access to the interpreters who sat in on Trump’s meetings with Putin.

View the complete March 4 article by Olivia Beavers on The Hill website here.

Rule change sharpens Dem investigations into Trump

A change to House rules is putting sharper teeth into Democratic investigations of President Trump and his administration.

The change allows staff of House committees to conduct depositions without any lawmakers present, freeing up the panels to move through witnesses in their investigations quickly without the constraints of the previous Congress.

The change will offer Democrats on powerful House committees including Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Judiciary substantial momentum as they open wide-ranging probes into Trump, producing new headaches for the White House as the president readies his reelection bid.

View the complete February 14 article by Morgan Chalfant on The Hill website here.