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.
"President Trump, on multiple occasions, appears to have taken steps to conceal the details of his communications with President Putin from other administration officials, Congress, and the American people," the lawmakers wrote, citing media reports.
The lawmakers said they were concerned that materials "may have been manipulated or withheld from the official record in direct contravention of federal laws, which expressly require that Presidents and other administration officials preserve such materials."
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/432502-house-dems-seek-records-interviews-from-trumps-communications-with?userid=229233
I'm sure the cries of executive privilege will come into play.
