From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 3, 2019
US lawmakers announce sweeping document requests in Trump probe
US lawmakers will demand documents from Donald Trump’s eldest son and a lifelong business associate as part of a wide-ranging investigation into claims of obstruction of justice and other abuses by the president, a leading Democrat says.
US House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler tells ABC political show “This Week” that Donald Trump Jr. and Allen Weisselberg, the sole trustees of The Trump Organization, were among 60 people and organizations being targeted by the probe.
The New York congressman says the requests would go out on Monday “to begin investigations to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuse of power.”
Trump’s campaign is being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for alleged collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election, and for possible obstruction of that probe.
Nadler says it was “very clear” that Trump had obstructed justice, by repeatedly calling the Mueller probe a “witch hunt,” and by trying to halt an investigation into his first national security adviser Mike Flynn, who subsequently admitted lying to the FBI over Russian contacts.
— AFP
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